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Current Issues and Trends in Education

by: Aldridge, Jerry; Goldman, Renitta

Current Issues and Trends in Education

by: Aldridge, Jerry; Goldman, Renitta

ISBN 13:
9780321079787
ISBN 10:
0321079787
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/01/2002
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
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"Current Issues and Trends in Education" synthesizes political, theoretical, social, and practical topics in a 21st Century context and promotes multicultural education, technology, and gender issues. This text is accessible enough to be used in an introductory education class and yet sophisticated enough to serve as a graduate textbook. It is comprehensive in dealing with issues facing educators today, such as demographics, changing perceptions and research of human development and learning, and education in nontraditional settings. Its four parts cover 1) "Political, Economic, and Historical Issues and Trends," 2) "Evolving Notions of Human Development and Learning," 3) "Changing Views of Instruction," and 4) "Issues in Accommodating Differences."

Preface

SECTION ONE Political, Economic, and Historical Issues and Trends

Politics and Education

(12)

The Conservative Backlash

(2)

Disparities between Curriculum and Student Needs

(1)

Who Controls the Schools?

(1)

The Democratic-Progressive Discourse

(2)

Other Choices?

(1)

Recent and Future Political Challenges

(2)

Attitudes about Schooling

(1)

Policy Issues Related to Education

(2)

The George W. Bush Educational Initiatives

(1)

Misguided Educational Reform?

(3)

Challenges for Educators

(1)

References

(2)

Changing Demographics amid Diversity

(26)

Is Diversity a Myth?

(4)

The Rapid Hispanic Migration to the United States

(1)

People on the Move

(1)

Size-Begets-Growth Phenomenon

(1)

Blacks and the New South

(1)

White Migration

(1)

Melting Pots and Salad Bowls: How Elusive Can Demographics Be?

(2)

Minority Majorities, or, Where Have the White People Gone?

(1)

Small Numbers, Fast Growth

(1)

Cities Still Have the Most Minorities

(1)

How Rapid and Diverse Population Growth Challenges the Public Schools

(7)

A Small Number of Schools Carry the Heaviest Burden

(1)

Student Enrollment at an All-Time High

(1)

Hispanics: The Greatest Growth of Immigration and Its Impact on Public Schools

(1)

Teacher Shortages: Both Quantity and Quality?

(1)

Leaving Poor and Minority Students Behind

(1)

Demographics of Students

(1)

Special Needs Children and Youth

(2)

Demographics of Teachers

(1)

Demographics of Families: An Increasing Number of Nonparents as Taxpayers

(1)

Public Schools No Longer Have a Monopoly on Education

(1)

Immigrant Education Issues Related to Demographics

(1)

Life Expectancy and Population Growth

(1)

Are U.S. Residents Represented Fairly in the Schools?

(2)

The Awesome Challenge

(1)

Inadequate Assumptions about Human Development

(1)

Rapid Social Changes

(1)

Possible Solutions?

(6)

Teachers' Responses to Diversity

(1)

Equity Issues for Diverse Students

(2)

Innovations that Seem to Be Working

(2)

Conclusions

(1)

References

(4)

The Rights of Children

(28)

Children and Youth At-Risk: An Overview

(3)

A Promising Approach for Addressing At-Risk Students

(1)

Poverty

(1)

The Changing Face of Poverty among the Young

(1)

The Costs of Poverty among Young Children

(1)

Concentration of Poverty

(1)

Homelessness

(2)

Causes of Homelessness

(1)

Consequences of Homelessness

(1)

Policy Issues on Homelessness

(1)

Violence and Child Development

(2)

Violence in the Preschool Years

(1)

Violence in the School Years

(1)

Child Abuse and Neglect

(9)

What Do Abuse and Neglect Mean?

(1)

Statistics

(1)

Is Child Maltreatment on the Rise?

(1)

Characteristics of Victims

(1)

Characteristics of Perpetrators

(1)

Are Some Children at Greater Risk for Maltreatment than Others?

(1)

Prevalence Data: An Issue of Uncertainty

(1)

Child Abuse Is Not New

(1)

Child Victims and the Law

(1)

The Need for Prevention

(1)

Implications

(1)

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

(2)

Susan M. Hill

Controversy over the Convention

(3)

References

(3)

SECTION TWO Evolving Notions of Human Development and Learning

Theoretical Shifts in Our Understanding of Children

(14)

Changing Worldviews

(2)

Changing Theories

(3)

Maturational Theory

(1)

Behaviorist Theory

(1)

Psychoanalytic Theory

(1)

Constructivist Theory

(1)

The Sociohistorical Approach

(1)

Ecological Systems Theory

(1)

Multiple Intelligences Theory

(1)

Problems with Traditional Psychological Theories

(3)

What Shall We Do with Dead, White, Western Men?

(1)

What Did These Dead, White, Western Men Really Say?

(1)

Critical Theory

(1)

Modern and Postmodern Theories

(1)

Changing Curricular Practices

(3)

Teaching as Transmission

(2)

Curriculum as Transaction

(1)

Curriculum as Inquiry

(1)

Curriculum as Transformation

(1)

Conclusions

(1)

References

(2)

The Controversy over Brain Research

(18)

Nina King

Technology and the Study of the Brain

(1)

The Brain

(1)

Left and Right Hemispheres of the Brain

(1)

Brain Cells

(1)

Factors Affecting Brain Functioning

(5)

Neurotransmitters

(1)

Inhibitors

(2)

Promoters

(2)

Memory

(1)

Attention

(1)

Critical/Sensitive Periods and Learning

(1)

Schools and Teaching

(2)

Teaching Strategies for an Enriched Curriculum

(1)

Parents and Young Children

(1)

Conclusions

(2)

References

(3)

SECTION THREE Changing Views of Instruction

Developmentally Appropriate Practice

(12)

What Is Developmentally Appropriate Practice?

(1)

What Is the History of Developmentally Appropriate Practice?

100

(1)

What Is the Research Base for Developmentally Appropriate Practice?

101

(1)

How Has Developmentally Appropriate Practice Influenced Educational Practice?

102

(2)

Accreditation

102

(1)

An Emphasis on the Whole Child

102

(1)

Individualized Instruction

103

(1)

The Acceptance and Use of Children's Prior Knowledge

103

(1)

Active Learning

103

(1)

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