Teaching in America (with MyEducationLab)
ISBN: 9780205642670 | 0205642675
Edition: 5thFormat: Package
Publisher: Pearson
Pub. Date: 5/19/2008
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KEY BENEFIT:Teaching in America, 5/e,is a hands-on, practical text that provides preservice teachers with comprehensive and current information about teaching in todayrs"s diverse American classrooms.KEY TOPICS: This text includes a host of new research, features, and exercises; as well as a new feature box designed specifically to show pre-service teachers how use observation effectively, this text is sure to draw attention beyond its steady and loyal base.MARKET: Intro to Teaching
T... MORE is a hands-on, practical text that provides preservice teachers with comprehensive and current information about teaching in today’s diverse American classrooms.
The Fifth Edition promises to be the most dynamic and practical to date. With a complete redesign; a host of new research, features, and exercises; as well as a new feature box designed specifically to show pre-service teachers how use observation effectively, this text is sure to draw attention beyond its steady and loyal base. Its “working-text” style continues to provide preservice teachers with extensive opportunities to interact with the text while establishing both the foundations of American education and a clear picture of the realities of contemporary teaching. Its increased emphasis on accountability woven throughout the text and the marginal references to INTASC standards raise the readers’ awareness of key initiatives in education in the 21st century.
| Teachers and Schools | |
| What it Means to Be a Teacher | |
| What Makes a Good Teacher? | |
| How Are Teachers Held Accountable Today? | |
| What Do Teachers Do? | |
| Why Do Teachers Teach? | |
| How Is Teaching Changing? | |
| Teaching as a Profession | |
| Why Choose Teaching as Your Profession? | |
| What Are The Dimensions of Professionalism and ... MORE | |
| How Do You Develop a Philosophy of Education? | |
| What Opportunities Exist for Professional Development? | |
| How Are Reform Movements Changing Teacher Education? | |
| Who Are Todayrsquo;s Teachers? | |
| What Job Opportunities Do You Have As A Teacher? | |
| Students, Families, and Communities | |
| How Schools Are Organized and Connected to Communities | |
| What is the Purpose of Schooling? | |
| How Are Public Schools Organized? | |
| What Is It Like to Teach in Urban, Rural, and Suburban Schools? | |
| Teaching Diverse Learners | |
| I: Multiculturalism and Gender in Todayrsquo;s Classrooms America -- A Nation of Diverse Learners | |
| How Do Racial and Ethnic Diversity Affect Teaching and Learning? | |
| What is Multicultural Education? | |
| How Does Language Influence Teaching and Learning? | |
| How Does Gender Affect Teaching and Learning? | |
| Teaching Diverse Learners | |
| II: Academically Diverse Learners in Todayrsquo;s Classrooms | |
| Do Federal and State Law Provide for the Education of Exceptional Learners? | |
| What Are Mainstreaming and Inclusion? | |
| How Can Professional Collaboration Enhance Education in Inclusive Classrooms? | |
| How Can You Teach Exceptional Learners in Your Classroom? | |
| What Factors Place Students at Risk and Affect Teaching and Learning? | |
| What Can Schools Do to Help Students At Risk? | |
| Partners in Learning: Parents, Families, and the Community | |
| How Do Parents, Families, and Communities Influence Teaching and Learning? | |
| What Are Family ndash;Centered Programs? | |
| What Is Parent Involvement? | |
| What Educational Reforms Are Promoting Greater Parent Empowerment? | |
| How Can You Use the Community to Teach? | |
| Foundations of American Education | |
| The Politics of American Education | |
| What Forces Influence School Governance and Finance? | |
| How Is Education Governed? | |
| How Are Schools Held Accountable? | |
| How Are Schools Governed and Administered? | |
| How Is Education Funded? | |
| What Issues of Governance and Finance Affect Education Today? | |
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