The New Teacher Handbook

If I were to describe this book in one word, it would be unnecessary. If you have taken a general pedagogy course, then you have covered most of the topics in this book, which, I expect, most of the audience for this text has. There are many generalities with this book, including trying to make points for both those in elementary and secondary education. However, most of the time, it just comes off as general platitudes and suggestions that I could come up with off the top of my head.

The only good point I can find are the chapters that deal with how you should behave and work with your colleagues. This was generally interesting, and was something that I did not learn in school (probably because it has to do with the real world). Still, if you are going into education, then I would skip this overall. You are going to learn far more than you ever would in this book. I you are a parent who happened to pick this book up, or someone who wants to appreciate more about the education profession, then maybe you should pick this up. But that would be a big maybe. I give this book a two out of five.