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This book written by Antonio Torralba not only informs and educates, it also motivates and arouses would-be-teachers to the real world of teaching that awaits them. The title alone, The Joys of Teaching, is a wonderful invitation to enter a profession, that would often be connoted with many negative stereotypes due to its lack of…
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Shifting Career Path to Teaching Profession
I am currently considering and thinking about shifting to another career path, from accounting to teaching. This quantum leap in careers has made this book more significant to me since Antonio Torralba unabashedly sells the teaching profession as if he is like a seasoned salesman. Any reader can see his intense love for the work…
The Joys of Teaching by Antonio Torralba
The Joys of Teaching, written by Antonio Torralba, is an inspirational book for teachers to be and those who would want to shift careers and become a teacher. In the beginning, he inspires young people to take up teaching as a career and not be daunted by societies’ prejudices against the work. He continues by…
More Than Anything, Teaching is an Art
In the twelfth chapter of his book, “The Joys of Teaching,” Antonio Torralba emphasizes that teaching is an art, and it can not be subject to any scientific treatise on how to’s. He stresses that there are no dogmas in education. What is good is what works, what makes a child learn about life and…
Dealing with Students in and out of Class
In the ninth chapter of his book, “The Joys of Teaching,” Antonio Torralba enumerates and explains the qualities of good teachers in terms of how they deal with their students: * friendship, in the measure of empathy and concern, and not on leniency or kindness * spirituality * love and compassion * friendliness * elegance, in…
Evaluating the Heads and Tails of Instruction
Antonio Torralba, in the seventh chapter of his book “The Joys of Teaching,” says that one of the greatest joys of teaching is seeing all the student get high marks in the tests and examinations, in the projects and homework assignments, because these are proof that positive learning has taken place. However, he says that…
Managing Teaching and Learning
Antonio Torralba, in the sixth chapter of his book “The Joys of Teaching,” stresses that classroom teaching is a question of the management of the learning situation. A teacher is not just imparting knowledge, he is also putting the experiences of all the students and his own, the insights from the past lessons, the material…
The What and How in Planning the Lesson
In the fifth chapter of his book “The Joys of Teaching,” Antonio Torralba says that there are three levels of the study plan. These are the curriculum, the syllabus, and the lesson plan. The curriculum is the entire course path that will enable the student to attain the goals and general objectives of education. The…
Quality Instruction Leads towards Personal Integrity
In the fourth chapter of “The Joys of Teaching,” Antonio Torralba differentiates learning at home and learning in school. He points out that instruction takes place in school and not at home; instruction meaning, structure education. Instruction is the school’s specific reason for being and quality instruction is actually the very core of its mission…
Excellence of Pedagogy, Pedagogy of Excellence
In the first chapter of Antonio Torralba’s book, “The Joys of Teaching,” the author enumerates the six reasons why teaching is an unattractive profession, which are low pay, low prestige, too much paperwork, too many concerns, too many hardheaded students, little time for oneself, and love-threatening. In the second chapter of the book, he describes…