Teaching in America
Teaching in America, Third Edition, was written to meet preservice teachers need for an active learning book that presents current ideas about teaching in America along with the underpinning foundations of education. The Third Edition, maintains its unique and engaging "working-text" style that provides preservice teachers' with an active learning experience while establishing the foundations of education and incorporating a contemporary picture of teaching in America today. Readers reflect...
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Teaching in America, 5/e, 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.
Ch. 1What Being a Teacher Means3Ch. 2Teaching as a Profession43Ch. 3How Schools Are Organized and Linked to Society87Ch. 4Teaching and Learning in Multicultural/Multilingual Schools125Ch. 5Teaching Students with Special Needs and Students at Risk165Ch. 6Partners in Teaching: Families and the Community203Ch. 7Political and Economic Influences on American Education239Ch. 8The Legal Basis for Education and School Law283Ch. 9Historical Influences on Teaching and Learning in America329Ch. 10Philosophies of Education and Teaching373Ch. 11Theories of Learning411Ch. 12Curriculum and Instruction447Ch. 13Your First Year as a Teacher481
