Introduction to Middle Level Education provides a comprehensive introduction to the children, choices and challenges of teaching middle level education. Written by an experienced middle school teacher, the text examines everything from student development and diversity to curriculum instruction and assessment.

For Middle School General Methods courses

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Sara Davis Powell is a teacher -- from the middle school classroom to teacher preparation as a professor – and chair of education at Belmont Abbey College in North Carolina. She is a young adolescent advocate who writes about middle level teacher preparation, emphasizing a balance of developmentally responsive and academically rigorous practice. Actively involved in local classrooms and the middle school community through the facilitation of professional development, supervision of clinical interns, and research and writing about middle level issues, she is also a frequent speaker at regional and national conferences, where her enthusiasm for middle level education is contagious. Powell's most recent book is Your Introduction to Education: Explorations in Teaching, 4th edition (Pearson, 2019). Married with four sons, four daughters-in-law, and three grandchildren, she enjoys watching lakeside sunsets at home with her husband, Rus, and spending time with her sons and their families.

1. Middle Level Education Philosophy and History
2. Development of Middle Level Learners
3. Diversity among Middle Level Learners
4. Societal Context of Middle Level Education
5. Structures of Middle Level Education
6. Middle Level Curriculum
7. Middle Level Instruction
8. Assessment of Middle Level Learners
9. Planning for Teaching and Learning
10. Maintaining a Positive, Productive Learning Environment
11. Citizenship and Civility in the Middle Grades
12. Relationships and Realities of Middle Level Education