Reaching All Learners: Understanding Diverse Classroom Populations - Couverture souple

Johnson, Joseph

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1793519234 ISBN 13 : 9781793519238

Editeur : Cognella, Inc, 2020

Synopsis

Written in an approachable manner, Reaching All Learners: Understanding Diverse Classroom Populations presents future educators with foundational knowledge on a variety of student populations. The text identifies multiple "categories" into which students fall in modern education in America through the lens of a first-year teacher being interviewed by a principal with a great deal of experience with student diversity.

The opening chapter initiates the teacher-principal interview and provides the framework for the text. Additional chapters discuss the characteristics teachers must possess to positively influence students and student learning, acknowledging that teachers will work with a wide range of diverse students. Readers learn about working with students living in poverty, working with students of different ethnic backgrounds, and supporting students with special needs taught in general education classrooms and taught in a variety of separate settings. Working with gifted learners and English language learners is also addressed. Closing chapters focus on creating quality learning experiences through technology and developing a better understanding of student mental health issues.

Each chapter includes a Setting the Classroom Scene feature, which introduces the subject of the chapter through a short narrative. Each chapter also features pre-reading questions, a formal introduction, and periodic Pause and Reflect and Pause and Discuss questions. Concluding real-world scenarios and questions help readers better synthesize the chapter content.

Engaging and enlightening, Reaching All Learners is an ideal textbook for courses and programs in education at all levels.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Joseph Johnson, Ph.D. is an associate professor in the Department of Teacher Education at Troy University. After over thirteen years teaching in middle and high school classes in North Carolina, Washington, and Nebraska, he earned his Ph.D. in special education from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He also holds a M.S. in special education from the University of Nebraska-Omaha and a B.S. in secondary education-social studies from Appalachian State University. Dr. Johnson has been working in teacher education for over a decade, and his primary focus is how best to prepare future teachers for success in their classrooms.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cognella, Inc
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1793519234
• ISBN 13: 9781793519238
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 186
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible