Foundations of American Education - Couverture souple

Webb, L. Dean; Metha, Arlene; Jordan, K. Forbis

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0139238719 ISBN 13 : 9780139238710

Editeur : Pearson, 1999

Synopsis

For courses in Introduction to Teaching or Foundations of Education.

With the movement toward the professionalization of teaching and national teacher certification programs, it is critical that students understand what it takes to become an educator before they enter the field. This text encourages readers to contemplate the complexities, diverse responsibilities, and the commitment of time and energy it takes to become a successful teacher. It is designed to help students understand the philosophical and historical roots of education, current educational structures and practices, and future developments in education.

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Quatrième de couverture

Foundations of American Education

Sixth Edition

L. Dean Webb, Arlene Metha, and K. Forbis Jordan

 

 

The Sixth Edition of Foundations of American Education emphasizes the defining topics in education today – a diverse population, an increasingly globalized society, and the impact of standards and assessment on student learning. Explore this text to gain an understanding of how the evolution of education affects today’s teaching and learning in a constantly changing world.

 

Understand critical topics in education today

• NEW!Reflect on Diversity margin notes – Integrated throughout every chapter, icons highlight diversity coverage and questions encourage you to stop and reflect on the implications of chapter content for diverse learners.
• Chapter 14 Curriculum and Instruction – Now combined, this revised chapter brings the two topics together to emphasize their relationship and to show how curriculum and instruction are interdependent.
• NEW! Chapter 15 Assessment – As an important part of the teaching and learning process, this new chapter highlights the major purposes and types of educational assessment and the role of assessment in standards-based education.
• Chapter 16 Education in a Global Context – This revised chapter focuses on current educational trends including globalization, changing demographics, and the usefulness of educational technology.

 

Read, think about, and respond to current educational issues

• ABC NewsandVideo Insight feature – Five new videos have been added for a total of nine to connect chapter content to current and controversial issues in education.
• Controversial Issue feature – Consider your values and beliefs as you read about and reflect on controversial school issues complete with for and against statements for your consideration.

 

Reflect on how the past influences education today

• Ask Yourselffeature – To help develop a personal philosophy of education, this feature stimulates reflective thought and helps you develop a better understanding of teaching.
• Historical Note feature – Located in every chapter, this feature focuses on specific educational developments resulting in educational change or on individuals who have exerted leadership in education.
• For Your Reflection and Analysis margin notes– Questions encourage you to think critically about chapter content, connect it to your own thinking and beliefs, and consider your responses.

 

Explore Innovative Learning Technology

Take control of your learning throughMyEducationLab, a research-based learning tool that brings teaching in today’s classrooms to life. The MyEducationLab margin notes located throughout the text extend your learning through authentic in-classroom video, student artifacts, and more. The ABC News videos introduced in the book’s Video Insight feature can be found on MyEducationLab. In addition, the Resources section will help you prepare for your licensure exam and your career with tools that include a lesson plan and portfolio builder, sample licensure test questions, and links to the state and national teaching standards.

Quatrième de couverture

ONE STEP FURTHER... FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN EDUCATION GOES BEYOND PEDAGOGICAL KNOWLEDGE TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE APPLICATION OF RESEARCH AND THEORY TO ACTUAL CLASSROOM PRACTICE.

With the goal of providing future teachers with current, truly useful information, the fourth edition of this classic text examines the philosophical and historical roots of education, its current structures and practices, and the future of the field. Material from sociology, economics, politics, public administration, finance, and law places education in a realistic context, while findings from psychology inform discussions of teaching, learning, and meeting the needs of at-risk students.

Features new to the fourth edition include:

• Expanded discussion of major school improvement models.
• New video segments from the ABC News/Prentice Hall library integrated into the text.
• Discussion of the emerging research on technology's effect on teaching and learning.
• Coverage of the most current issues in education, including professionalism, equal educational opportunity/ inclusion, and school violence.
• In-depth discussion of the standards movement, including the push for accountability, increased student and teacher testing, new models of teacher compensation, and the redesign of teacher education.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pearson
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0139238719
• ISBN 13: 9780139238710
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 599
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Riccardo Bacigalupo; riccardo.bacigalupo@sanoma.it; ; Sanoma Italia Via Arconati, 1 �; Milano; 20135; Italie