This text presents elementary school teaching as a call to the service of humanity, and emphasizes that effective elementary school teaching involves continual, thoughtful, and reflective decision-making.
Features of the eighth edition include: - Chapter openers connect Praxis III domains, INTASC principles, and National Board standards to chapter content
- Two performance-outcome projects, "developing a personal plan for classroom management" and "developing a unit plan of instruction", give students experience in applying teaching concepts
- Strong and updated research base that emphasizes the professional skills and strategies for teaching today
- "Verbal snapshots" of real incidents experienced by teachers provide provocative springboards for critical thinking and class discussion