A Teacher's Guide To Education Law - Couverture souple

Imber, Michael; Van Geel, Tyll

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0805846549 ISBN 13 : 9780805846546

Editeur : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc, 2004

Synopsis

This clearly written text, which is adapted from its parent volume, Education Law, 3e, provides a concise introduction to topics in education law that are most relevant to classroom teachers. The greater the likelihood of litigation or error in some area of professional practice, the more extensive the discussion. Topics concerning teacher relationships with their students include: student rights, discipline, negligence, discrimination, and special education. Topics concerning teacher relationships with their employers include: teacher rights, hiring and firing, contracts, unions, collective bargaining, and tenure. Key features include the following: *Presentation--To aid comprehension, technical legal terms are carefully explained when first introduced and discussions of complex topics move logically from overview to elaboration of important details to summary of key topics and principles. *Flexibility--Because it is concise and affordable, A Teacher's Guide to Education Law can be used in a variety of courses or professional seminars. New Material--Topics that have been added or significantly expanded include: the No Child Left Behind Act, student rights especially in the areas of free speech and search and seizure, vouchers and government assistance to private and religious schools, employment discrimination, racial and sexual harassment of students and school employees, affirmative action and voluntary school integration, equity and adequacy in school finance, issues relating to use of the Internet, and the law relating to special student populations.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This brief, easy-to-read text provides a concise introduction to those topics in education law that are of most immediate interest to classroom teachers. The greater the likelihood of litigation or error in a particular area of professional practice, the more extensive the discussion. Topics concerning teacher relationships with their students include: student rights, discipline, discrimination, special education, and negligence. Topics concerning teacher relationships with their employers include: hiring and firing, contracts, unions, collective bargaining, and tenure. Key features include the following:
Flexibility--Because it is brief and affordable, A Teacher's Guide to Education Law, Second Edition can be used in a variety of courses, such as Teachers and the Law, Social Foundations of Education, Student Teaching Seminars, or in block courses where legal literacy is one of several major topics.
Presentation--To aid comprehension, technical legal terms are carefully explained when first introduced and discussions of complex topics move logically from overview to elaboration of important details to summary of key topics and principles.
Up-to-Date--Approximately 50% of the text is either new or revised and almost half of the entries in the table of cases are new.

Biographie de l'auteur

Michael Imber (Ph.D., Stanford University) is Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in the School of Education at the University of Kansas.

Tyll van Geel (Ed.D., Harvard University; J.D., Northwestern University) is Taylor Professor of Education Emeritus in the Graduate School of Education, University of Rochester.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0805846549
• ISBN 13: 9780805846546
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 344
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible