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Those who can, teach /Kevin Ryan, Boston University, James M. Cooper, University of Virginia, Cheryl Mason Bolick, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Australia ; Boston, Massachusetts : Cengage Learning, (c)2016.Edition: Fourteenth editionDescription: xxv, 486, 32. pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781305077690
  • 9781305496866
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • LB1025 .T467 2016
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Contents:
School and Students : -- Why teach? --
Who are today's students in a diverse society? -- How do social issues affect students? -- What is taught?
Teachers : -- What makes a teacher effective?
What are the ethical and legal issues facing teachers? --
Foundations and the Future : -- What are the philosophical foundations of American education?
How are schools governed, influenced, and financed? -- How should education be reformed? --
The Teaching Profession : -- What are your job options in education?
What does it mean to be a professional? -- Before you close the book.
Subject: This is a current, dynamic, reader-friendly text that helps students make informed decisions about entering teacher education programs. The text uses multiple sources to provide high interactivity, while the authors' direct, conversational voice invites students to reflect on the problems and satisfactions of teaching. This edition delves deeply into national, state, and local educational policies to familiarize teachers with the impact that policy will have on their everyday lives in classrooms.
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Includes webography.

Includes bibliographies and index.

PART I: -- School and Students : -- Why teach? --

What is a school and what is it for? -- Who are today's students in a diverse society? -- How do social issues affect students? -- What is taught?

PART II: -- Teachers : -- What makes a teacher effective?

What should teachers know about technology and its impact on schools? -- What are the ethical and legal issues facing teachers? --

PART III: -- Foundations and the Future : -- What are the philosophical foundations of American education?

What is the history of America's struggle for educational opportunity? -- How are schools governed, influenced, and financed? -- How should education be reformed? --

PART IV: -- The Teaching Profession : -- What are your job options in education?

What can the new teacher expect? -- What does it mean to be a professional? -- Before you close the book.

This is a current, dynamic, reader-friendly text that helps students make informed decisions about entering teacher education programs. The text uses multiple sources to provide high interactivity, while the authors' direct, conversational voice invites students to reflect on the problems and satisfactions of teaching. This edition delves deeply into national, state, and local educational policies to familiarize teachers with the impact that policy will have on their everyday lives in classrooms.

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