Foundations of Education: The Challenge of Professional Practice - Couverture rigide

McNergney, Robert F.; McNergney, Joanne M.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0205316913 ISBN 13 : 9780205316915

Editeur : Pearson, 2002

Synopsis

Foundations of Education, Third Edition , analyzes tough issues teachers will face upon entering their field, including professionalism, school reform, cultural diversity, inclusion, and technology.

Through new and greatly revised chapters and new pedagogical features, this edition helps pre-service teachers analyze issues and determine how they will address them in their professional practice. The book constitutes a lively, provocative text that students will enjoy reading, gives a fresh look at traditional topics in educational foundations, and enhances its technological and global perspectives for the 21st century. Addressing all the foundational areas of education, including history, philosophy, sociology, school governance, finance, and school law, the book also offers introductions to the areas of curriculum, theory, and methods, and to teaching as a career.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

Completely revised and rewritten, the Fourth Edition of this leading text takes the theme of the “Teacher as a Professional” and presents a balance between the core topics in foundations and their practical classroom applications.

This entirely new and streamlined edition retains its comprehensive range of foundations topics while focusing on accessibility and relevance to pre-service teachers, as well as an emphasis on social issues and trends in schools. Exciting pedagogical features focus on professional practice, technology, national standards, professional portfolios, and other topics. A new chapter on standards and assessment addresses the prevalence of these issues in teachers' lives. A bonus section on the PRAXIS Series and state licensure offers FAQs, test-taking tips, and practice questions. This special bonus feature on the PRAXIS Series is currently located at the fron of the book.

New to this Edition:

• New design and organization! Chapters are organized into parts to underscore links between chapter topics. New part closing sections include Benchmarks, Online Activities, and Developing a Professional Portfolio features.
• New! Your Teaching Life in Practice feature occurs in every chapter and presents important topics that teachers face every day in their classrooms.
• New! Technology in Practice features present many different classroom applications for technology available to teachers.
• New! Chapter 11 focuses on standards and assessment, issues that are gaining importance to all teachers.
• New! INTASC Correlations relate the chapter-end Reflective Practice features to INTASC standards, exposing readers to the professional standards they will follow.
• New! Preparing for the PRAXIS section at the front of the book provides students with a brief tutorial of FAQs, test-taking tips, and sample test questions.
• Completely Revised! Cultural Awareness features highlight the influence of diversity on classroom practice.
• Completely Revised! Issues in School Reform features present trends in school reform and how they help to improve life in U.S. schools.
• Completely Revised! Reflective Practice features serve as a capstone activity for chapters.
• New! Questions correlated to VideoWorkshop for Foundations of Education are located at the end of each chapter to encourage students to watch the videoclips and think about their implications for classroom instruction.

Quatrième de couverture

With cases in every chapter that bring readers into the real world of teaching, this widely admired text integrates the core foundations of education with case-based analysis, practical examples of technology in the classroom, and personal encounters with diversity.

 

Now more than ever teachers are being held accountable for results achieved by their students; now more than ever new teachers must be true education professionals, with a wide grasp of teaching knowledge and the ability to use it to solve real problems. This exciting edition of Education: The Practice and Profession of Teaching melds comprehensive coverage of foundations topics with practical guidance on learning and instruction, and a wealth of insights into how authentic schools, classrooms, and educational systems function.

 

Unique Features:

• Case Studies open every chapter with authentic dilemmas faced by practicing and prospective teachers.
• Case Perspectives at the end of each chapter offer responses to those dilemmas from professional educators, as well as an opportunity for readers to craft their own responses.
• Teachers and the Law boxes explore the legal context of teaching.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pearson
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0205316913
• ISBN 13: 9780205316915
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 600
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Riccardo Bacigalupo; riccardo.bacigalupo@sanoma.it; ; Sanoma Italia Via Arconati, 1 �; Milano; 20135; Italie