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Edition: 10th
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Copyright: 05/01/2003
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Preface

Part One Schools and Students

xxii

What Is a School and What Is It For?

(32)

Education and Schooling

(2)

Education

(1)

Schooling

(1)

Four Basic Purposes of School

(5)

Intellectual Purposes

(1)

Political and Civic Purposes

(1)

Economic Purposes

(1)

Social Purposes

(1)

Models of Schools

(2)

The School as Trainer of the Good Worker

(1)

The School as Social Escalator

(1)

The School as Preparer for College

(1)

The School as Shopping Mall

(1)

The School as Developer of Human Potential

(1)

The School as Family

(1)

The School as Social Panacea

(1)

The School as Acculturator

(1)

Schools as Cultures

(3)

Socialization

(1)

Policy Matters!: School Dress Codes

(1)

Schools as Transmitters or Re-creators of Culture

(4)

Transmitting Culture

(2)

Reconstructing Society

(2)

What Do Studies Reveal About the Nature of Schools?

(8)

Life in Elementary Schools

(2)

Life in Middle and Junior High Schools

(2)

Life in High Schools

(3)

A New Call for High School Reform

(1)

What Is a Good School?

(3)

Voices from the Classroom: What Is a Good School?

(1)

Characteristics of Effective Schools

(2)

The Unfinished Work of Schools

(1)

A Final Word

(2)

Who Are Today's Students in a Diverse Society?

(36)

Sources of Student Diversity

(2)

Racial, Ethnic, and Cultural Backgrounds

(1)

Languages Other Than English

(1)

Socioeconomic Status

(1)

Gender

(1)

Sexual Orientation

(1)

Diverse Needs

(1)

Diverse Abilities

(1)

Racial, Ethnic, and Cultural Diversity

(4)

Not There Yet

(1)

Diverse Needs

(2)

Glasser's Choice Theory

(1)

Adolescent Subcultures

(1)

Diverse Abilities

(8)

Multiple Intelligences

(2)

Differing Learning Styles

(2)

Students with Disabilities

(1)

Gifted and Talented Students

(3)

The School's Response to Diversity

(16)

Multicultural Education

(2)

Bilingual Education

(1)

Policy Matters!: The Battle over Bilingual Education

(3)

Special Education

(4)

Programs for Gifted and Talented Students

(1)

Voices from the Classroom: Collaborative Teaching

(1)

Nontraditional Programs

(1)

Diversity: A Complex Phenomenon

(2)

The Teacher's Response to Diversity

(1)

Teacher-Student Disparity

(1)

Implications for Teachers

(1)

A Final Word

(2)

What Social Problems and Tension Points Affect Today's Students?

(38)

Social Problems Affecting Students

(17)

New American Family Patterns

(2)

Voices from the Classroom: Families and Schools

(1)

Poverty

(2)

Homelessness

(1)

Teenage Parenting

(1)

Abused and Neglected Children

(1)

Alcohol and Drug Abuse

(1)

Adolescent Suicide

(3)

School Violence and Vandalism

(4)

School Dropout Rates

(1)

Tension Points in American Education

(17)

Access and Equality of Educational Opportunity

(3)

School Choice

(6)

Gender and Sexuality Issues

(7)

A Final Word

104

(3)

What Is Taught?

107

(35)

What Is Curriculum?

108

(3)

Standards-Based Reform Movement

109

(2)

What Is the Present Curriculum?

111

(10)

Policy Matters!: Teaching by Script or Improvisation?

112

(1)

Language Arts and English

112

(2)

Mathematics

114

(1)

Science

115

(1)

Social Studies

116

(1)

Foreign Languages

117

(1)

The Arts

118

(1)

Physical Education, Health, and Recreation

119

(1)

Elective Courses

120

(1)

Vocational Courses

120

(1)

Assessing Student Academic Performance

121

(3)

National Assessment of Educational Progress

121

(3)

Additional Influences on Curriculum

124

(13)

Textbooks

124

(2)

Innovative Instructional Approaches

126

(5)

Voices from the Classroom: Triumphs and Setbacks

131

(4)

Current Curriculum Controversies

135

(2)

Is the Existing Curriculum Relevant to Today's Society?

137

(2)

A Final Word

139

(3)

Part Two Teachers

142

(120)

What Makes a Teacher Effective?

143

(34)

Framework for Professional Practice

144

(4)

Danielson's Framework for Teaching

145

(1)

Case Study: Carol Landis/A Case of Classroom Decision Making

146

(2)

The Teacher as a Reflective Decision Maker

148

(2)

Planning Decisions

148

(1)

Implementing Decisions

149

(1)

Evaluating Decisions

149

(1)

Aspects of Reflective Decision Making

150

(1)

What Attitudes Does the Effective Teacher Possess?

150

(9)

The Teacher's Attitude Toward Self: Self-Understanding

153

(1)

The Teacher's Attitude Toward Children

154

(2)

The Teacher's Attitude Toward Peers and Parents

156

(2)

The Teacher's Attitude Toward the Subject Matter

158

(1)

What Subject-Matter Knowledge Does the Effective Teacher Need?

159

(2)

Policy Matters!: Raising Standards for Teachers

160

(1)

What Theoretical Knowledge Does the Effective Teacher Need?

161

(3)

Theories-in-Use

161

(1)

Why Study Educational Theory?

162

(1)

How Can Theoretical Knowledge Be Used?

163

(1)

Personal Practical Knowledge

164

(1)

What Teaching Skills Are Required of an Effective Teacher?

165

(8)

Knowing Versus Doing

165

(1)

Classroom Management Skills

166

(5)

Questioning Skills

171

(2)

Planning Skills

173

(1)

A Final Word

173

(4)

What Should Teachers Know About Technology and Its Impact on Schools?

177

(38)

Case Study: Patricia Gonzalez/Using Technology to Innovate in Her Classroom

178

(1)

A Brief Look at Education's Technological Past

179

(2)

How Are Schools Being Pressured to Change?

181

(1)

How Are Technologies Affecting Student Learning?

182

(15)

English/Language Arts Education

183

(4)

Science Education

187

(3)

Social Studies Education

190

(3)

Mathematics Education

193

(1)

Foreign Language Education

194

(1)

Distance Education

195

(1)

Technology for Students with Special Needs

195

(2)

How Are Technologies Affecting Teaching?

197

(5)

A Different Role for the Teacher

198

(2)

Professional Resources and Communication

200

(1)

Management: Teacher Productivity Tools

200

(2)

How Are Computer Technologies Organized for Student Use?

202

(4)

Computer Labs

202

(1)

Single-Computer Classrooms

202

(1)

Classroom Clusters

203

(1)

Laptops and Handheld Computers

203

(1)

Policy Matters!: Web-Filtering Software: Censorship or Good Sense?

204

(2)

Voices from the Classroom: Infusing Technology into the Classroom

206

(1)

What Are Key Issues in Educational Technology?

206

(6)

Infrastructure and Budgeting

206

(2)

Education of Teachers

208

(2)

Parents

210

(1)

Equity

210

(2)

Integration into the Curriculum

212

(1)

A Final Word

212

(3)

What Are the Ethical and Legal Issues Facing Teachers?

215

(47)

The Ethics of Teaching

217

(5)

Case Study: The Characteristics of Ethical Teaching

217

(2)

Ethical Dilemmas in Teaching

219

(1)

Case Study: Big Deal or a Little Fudge?

219

(1)

Case Study: Righting Wrongs?

220

(1)

The Everyday Ethics of Teaching

221

(1)

Codes of Professional Ethics

222

(1)

The Teacher and the Law

222

(18)

The Teacher and Due Process

225

(1)

Contracts, Tenure, and Dismissal

226

(3)

Case Study: The Teacher and Liability

229

(3)

Reporting Child Abuse

232

(1)

Self-Defense

232

(1)

Freedom of Expression

233

(4)

237

(1)

Policy Matters!: School Censorship

238

(2)

Lifestyle and the Teacher

240

(3)

Personal Appearance: Hair, Clothes, and Weight

241

(1)

Private Sexual Behavior

241

(1)

Conduct with Students

242

(1)

Law, Religion, and the School

243

(6)

Prayer and Scripture in the School

243

(2)

Religious Clubs and Prayer Groups

245

(1)

Religion and Secular Humanism

245

(2)

Guidelines for Religious Neutrality

247

(2)

Students and the Law

249

(11)

The Student and Due Process

249

(1)

Suspension and Expulsion

249

(3)

Corporal Punishment

252

(1)

Search and Seizure

252

(2)

Freedom of Speech

254

(1)

Voices from the Classroom: Dress Codes

255

(2)

Sexual Harassment

257

(1)

Records and Students' Right to Privacy

258

(2)

A Final Word

260

(2)

Part Three Foundations and the Future

262

(132)

What Are the Philosophical Foundations of American Education?

263

(32)

What Is Philosophy?

264

(2)

Fundamental Questions of Existence

264

(1)

Sources of Our Philosophy

265

(1)

The Philosopher's Method and Language

265

(1)

The Terrain of Philosophy

266

(5)

Metaphysics

266

(1)

Epistemology

267

(1)

Axiology

267

(1)

Logic

268

(3)

Schools of Educational Philosophy

271

(14)

Subject-Centered Philosophies

272

(1)

Case Study: Perennialist Teacher

273

(4)

Case Study: An Essentialist Teacher

277

(1)

Child-Centered Philosophies

277

(2)

Case Study: A Romantic Teacher

279

(3)

Policy Matters!: Standards: High Academic Achievement or Test-Driven Classrooms?

282

(2)

Case Study: A Progressive Educator

284

(1)

The Influence of Psychological Theories

285

(4)

Behaviorism: Conditioning Students or Setting Them Free?

285

(1)

Cognitive Psychology: Students as Makers of Meaning?

286

(2)

Voices from the Classroom: Constructivist Philosophy

288

(1)

Your Philosophy of Education

289

(3)

Eclecticism: Not an Excuse for Sloppy Thinking

289

(3)

Philosophy and Liberal Education

292

(1)

A Final Word

292

(3)

What Is the History of American Education?

295

(38)

Themes in American Education

296

(2)

Elementary Education

298

(10)

Colonial Origins

298

(2)

The Common School

300

(5)

Other Developments in Elementary Education

305

(3)

Secondary Education

308

(7)

Early Forms

308

(2)

The Academy

310

(1)

The Public High School

311

(2)

Growth of Junior High and Middle Schools

313

(1)

Secondary Education Today

314

(1)

Private Education

315

(1)

Education of Minorities

316

(13)

Education of African Americans

317

(4)

Voices from the Classroom: Teaching in Segregated Schools

321

(4)

Education of Native Americans

325

(1)

Education of Hispanic Americans

326

(2)

Education of Asian Americans

328

(1)

A Final Word

329

(4)

How Are Schools Governed, Influenced, and Financed?

333

(30)

Who Legally Governs Public Education?

334

(7)

State Offices and Administrators

334

(3)

The Local School District

337

(4)

Who Influences American Public Education?

341

(8)

Professional Education Organizations

341

(1)

Parents

342

(1)

Business

343

(2)

Standardized Testing

345

(1)

The Federal Government

346

(1)

Policy Matters!: Who Should Be Accountable for Getting Results?

347

(2)

How Are Schools Financed?

349

(12)

School Spending

350

(1)

State and Local Funding

351

(2)

Voices from the Classroom: Funding Differences Between School Districts

353

(1)

School Finance Reform and the Courts

354

(1)

Federal Funding

355

(6)

A Final Word

361

(2)

How Should Education Be Reformed?

363

(31)

What Ought to Be the Elements of Educational Reform?

366

(14)

A Call for Excellence

366

(1)

High Standards

366

(2)

Accountability

368

(2)

Active Learning: The Constructivists' Approach

370

(1)

A Sense of Community

370

(2)

Policy Matters!: Class Size: Is Less Always Better?

372

(1)

Lifelong Learning

373

(1)

Reclaiming Character Education

374

(3)

Voices from the Classroom

377

(1)

Professional Development

378

(2)

Current Reform Initiatives

380

(11)

National-Level Reform Efforts

380

(4)

State Educational Reform

384

(5)

Local-Level School Reform

389

(2)

The Current State of School Reform

391

(1)

A Final Word

391

(3)

Part Four The Teaching Profession

394

(115)

What Are Your Job Options in Education?

395

(26)

Will There Be Job Openings in Education?

396

(9)

Factors Influencing Teacher Supply and Demand

396

(5)

The Severe Shortage of Minority Teachers

401

(1)

Employers Besides the Public Schools

402

(2)

What Are Teachers Paid?

404

(1)

How Do You Obtain a Teaching Position?

405

(6)

Campaign Actively

407

(1)

Prepare Materials

407

(1)

Develop Interview Skills

408

(2)

Determine Job Availability

410

(1)

Gain Experience Through Substitute Teaching

411

(1)

How Do You Become Licensed?

411

(3)

Traditional Licensure Programs

411

(2)

Alternative Licensure

413

(1)

Policy Matters!: Preparing Teachers: High Standards, Large Numbers, or Both?

414

(1)

If You Don't Teach, What Then?

414

(3)

Transferable Skills

415

(1)

Other Jobs

416

(1)

A Final Word

417

(4)

What Can the New Teacher Expect?

421

(34)

Voices from the Classroom: Tips for Your First Year

422

(1)

The School Milieu: The Shock of the Familiar

423

(2)

Culture Shock

424

(1)

Case Study: Julia Tucker/Second Grade

424

(1)

Case Study: Joan Kinney/High School Mathematics

425

(1)

Administrators: Mixed Bag and Many Hats

425

(5)

The Multiple Roles of the Principal

426

(2)

Case Study: Steve Mellonwood/Junior High Science

428

(1)

Case Study: Victoria Karfeld/Fourth Grade

429

(1)

Peers: A Mixed Blessing

430

(1)

Case Study: Catherine Foley/Sixth Grade

430

(1)

Instruction: So Much to Learn

431

(2)

Case Study: Grace Joyce/Third Grade

431

(1)

Case Study: Nicholas Briggs/Middle School Social Studies

432

(1)

Students: Friends or Fiends?

433

(9)

Case Study: Eileen Black/Fifth Grade

433

(1)

Sources of a Distorted View

434

(1)

Classroom Management

435

(1)

Policy Matters!: Zero Tolerance: The Solution or a False Start?

436

(2)

Case Study: Carole Foster/Fourth Grade

438

(1)

Social Distance

438

(1)

Case Study: Jane Candis/Middle School Math

439

(2)

Sex

441

(1)

Case Study: Gary Carnog/High School English

441

(1)

Parents: Natural Allies with Different Agendas

442

(4)

Case Study: Walter Connor/High School History

442

(2)

Case Study: Ruth Billsbury/Sixth Grade

444

(1)

Reasons for Parent-Teacher Problems

445

(1)

Case Study: Scott D. Niemann/3rd and 4th Grades

446

(1)

Surviving the First Year of Teaching

446

(7)

Begin Now

447

(1)

Keep a Teaching Journal

447

(2)

The Proper Frame of Mind

449

(1)

Find a Mentor

449

(1)

Make Your Students' Parents Your Allies

449

(2)

Take Evaluation Seriously

451

(1)

Take Care of Yourself

451

(2)

A Final Word

453

(2)

What Does It Mean to Be a Professional?

455

(30)

The Status of Teaching: A Profession or Not?

459

(11)

The Case Against Teaching as a Profession

460

(3)

The Case for Teaching as a Profession

463

(1)

A Third Possibility: An Evolving Profession

464

(1)

Levels of Professionalism

465

(1)

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

466

(2)

What Every New Teacher Should Possess: The Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium Standards

468

(1)

Policy Matters!: A Two-Tiered Profession?

469

(1)

Professional Associations

470

(9)

The National Education Association

471

(2)

The American Federation of Teachers

473

(2)

Other Professional Associations

475

(2)

Professionalism at the Crossroads

477

(1)

Wanted: A New Professionalism

478

(1)

Your Own Professional Development

479

(3)

Types of Continuous Learning Opportunities

479

(2)

Voices from the Classroom: Professionalism

481

(1)

A Final Word

482

(3)

Why Teach?

485

(24)

Motivations for Teaching

486

(4)

Motivations of Current Teachers

486

(2)

Examining Your Own Motives for Teaching

488

(2)

The Rewards of Teaching

490

(5)

Extrinsic Rewards

490

(2)

Intrinsic Rewards

492

(2)

Rewards in Perspective

494

(1)

Sources of Useful Experience

495

(4)

Real Encounters

495

(1)

Vicarious Experiences

496

(1)

Guidance

497

(1)

Reflection

497

(1)

Voices from the Classroom: Are You Born with It?

498

(1)

Case Studies in the Motivation to Teach

499

(7)

Case Study: The Desire to Teach a Particular Subject

499

(3)

Case Study: The Desire to Aid in the Renewal of Society

502

(4)

A Final Word

506

(3)

Endnotes

509

(12)

Appendix

521

(6)

Glossary

527

(8)

Index

535

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