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Teaching Today —
An Introduction to Education
7th Edition
David G. Armstrong, Kenneth Henson
0-13-183782-6
Paperback
512 pages
2005
Brief Description
For Foundations of Education or Introduction to Teaching courses.
This popular, motivational introduction to the field of education and the roles of today's teachers focuses on four main aspects of teaching: general characteristics of the profession; various needs of today's learners; approaches to management, teaching, and assessment; and, influences of technology, philosophy, sociology, and history on today's educators. Guided by these well-known authors' belief that “this book is only the beginning,” coverage exhibits a realistic emphasis on the topics that will be of particular concern to novice teachers, especially a unique methods chapter in Part 3: Teaching and Assessing. Numerous projects throughout the material actively engage readers in text content, while the special features encourage reflection, analysis, and self-discovery.
Features
- A companion Web site created specifically for this text—www.prenhall.com/armstrong.
Bolsters text content with an online study guide, message board, additional Web links, and a chat room; includes a handy syllabus management system.
- What Do You Think? and Critical Incidents features—Throughout the text.
Focus readers attention on the types of situations and issues they will encounter in their first classrooms—ask students to apply chapter content to “solving” each problem.
- Video Viewpoint features in every chapter.
Show future teachers what it's like to handle a classroom, how to effectively manage students, and more—tie chapter content to videos in an accompanying video library.
- In-chapter pedagogy—Organization graphics at the beginning; bulleted objectives and boldfaced key terms throughout; and key ideas summary, Reflections sections, and References at the end.
Organizes text content for easy review—serves as a study guide at exam time.
New To This Edition
Five new chapters encompassing the full breadth of change in the field since the previous edition—Profiles of Today's Learners; Responding to Social and Cultural Diversity; Philosophical and Social Influences; Influences of Technology; and Legal Issues Affecting Teachers and Learners.
Bring students abreast of the constantly changing educational landscape—help them understand the dynamic nature of American education and the complexity of challenges involved in teaching.
Preparing for Praxis: For Your Initial Development Portfolio; and Profiling a Teacher features—In every chapter.
Encourage students' understanding of professionalism and professional accountability—illustrate, first-hand, what's involved in teacher-certification testing, what INTASC standards require, and what they can realistically expect from their first classrooms.
Thorough updating throughout the material—Especially in the areas of curriculum standards, standardized testing, and accountability; constructivist teaching; legal issues; management and discipline; non-European influences on American education; and multicultural education.
Ensures students the benefit of the most current thinking in the field—readies future teachers for the expectations of parents, principals, school boards, and the community.
Extensive coverage of “Leave No Child Behind” legislation.
Familiarizes readers with these controversial mandates—explores the pros and cons of the legislation's content as well as its implementation across the country.
Fresh, new Following the Web features—In every chapter.
Prompt students to expand their understanding of text content through supplementary information from the World Wide Web—offer the security of pre-selected, author-assessed site information.
Expanded coverage of portfolios—Including initial-development, teaching, and learner portfolios.
Addresses the increasing use of these assessment vehicles at all levels of education—details ways to create portfolios, when and how to use them most effectively, and their limitations.
Contents
PART 1: THE PROFESSION.
1. Education in a Age of Change.
2. Becoming a Professional Educator.
3. Challenges of School Reform.
PART 2: LEARNERS AND THEIR NEEDS.
4. Profiles of Today's Learners.
5. Responding to Diversity.
6. Meeting the Needs of Exceptional Learners.
PART 3: TEACHING AND ASSESSING.
7. The Curriculum.
8. Effective Instruction.
9. Classroom Management and Discipline.
10. Assessing Learning.
PART 4: SHAPERS OF TODAY'S EDUCATIONAL WORLD.
11. Social and Philosophical Perspectives.
12. Historical Influences.
13. Influences of Technology.
14. Legal Issues Affecting Learners and Teachers.
Glossary.
Name Index.
Subject Index.
Companion Website:
http://www.prenhall.com/armstrong
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