Teaching Today: An Introduction to Education

Armstrong, David G.; Henson, Kenneth T.; Savage, Tom V.

ISBN 10: 0133830993 ISBN 13: 9780133830996

Verlag: Pearson College Div, 2014

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  Gives future and beginning teachers a broad understanding of the challenges and opportunities of teaching, plus successful “how-to” strategies for working with today’s students

 

KEY TOPICS:

How education is changing; what it takes to become a professional educator; the proposals for school reform; how our changing students are changing teaching; how we can create a positive learning environment; what is taught and how it is taught; how we know students have learned; ho e got here; the role of school and society; how philosophical perspectives influence education; what you need to know about the law

 

MARKET: For future and beginning teachers

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This popular text helps future teachers develop a broad understanding of the complex world of education. With an emphasis on topics that are relevant to the classrooms students will enter as educators, the authors provide basic information and alternative perspectives on the issues. Students see how to develop their own personal perspectives, and track their growth toward becoming professional educators. The focus is on developing a broad understanding of the complex world of education, and producing quality teachers who have a clear grasp of the basic issues, coupled with a strong does of the realities of teaching today. The text has been organized to help students concentrate on three major areas of importance to today s teachers: The Changing Profession, Working with Students, and Forces Shaping Educational Policies and Practices.

 

The new Ninth Edition features:

• To enhance affordability and portability this exciting new assessment text is available as a Pearson eText.  With the eText students can easily take and share notes, highlight, and search for key concepts. 
• Thorough updating of the research and knowledge base;
• Inclusion of additional examples of popular learning features, such as Disposition Check, Critical Incident, and A Day in the Life scenarios;
• Inclusion of new education standards and other reform efforts;
• Special attention to differences in the behaviors of teachers in low-achievement schools whose students experience high achievements; and
• Special attention to the differences in schooling in those countries that consistently outperform U.S. students in science and mathematics.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Pearson College Div
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0133830993
• ISBN 13: 9780133830996
• Einband: Printed Access Code
• Anzahl der Seiten: 348
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Riccardo Bacigalupo; riccardo.bacigalupo@sanoma.it; ; Sanoma Italia Via Arconati, 1 �; Milano; 20135; Italien