Education : the practice and profession of teaching

著者

• McNergney, Robert F.
• McNergney, Joanne M.

書誌事項

Education : the practice and profession of teaching

Robert F. McNergney, Joanne M. McNergney

Pearson Allyn and Bacon, c2007

5th ed

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 431-441) and indexes

内容説明・目次

内容説明

With new cases in every chapter that bring readers into the real world of teaching, this widely admired text now integrates the core foundations of education with case-based analysis, practical examples of technology in the classroom, and personal encounters with diversity. Now more than ever teachers are being held accountable for results achieved by their students; now more than ever new teachers must be true education professionals, with a wide grasp of teaching knowledge and the ability to use it to solve real problems. This exciting new edition of Education: The Practice and Profession of Teaching melds comprehensive coverage of foundations topics with practical guidance on learning and instruction, and a wealth of insights into how authentic schools, classrooms, and educational systems function.

目次

Preface. I. TEACHING FROM THE INSIDE OUT 1. A Teacher's Role Case Study: Investigating Professionalism Is Teaching a Profession? Teaching Is a Profession Teaching Is a Semiprofession How Are Views of Teaching Changing? A View of Teaching as Basic Professional Competence: INTASC Technology in Practice: Thinking and Behaving Like a Professional What Career Issues Do Beginning Teachers Face? Teacher Licensure Availability of Jobs Teacher Salaries How Are Teachers Evaluated? Competency Testing Performance Evaluations of Teachers Portfolios National Teacher Examinations: The Praxis Series (TM) How Are Teachers Supported and Rewarded? Cultural Awareness: Lessons Learned Mentoring Programs Career Ladders and Merit Pay National Certification How Do Teachers Demonstrate Professional Leadership? Advanced College Degrees Working with Professional Organizations Teachers and the Law: Must Teachers Pay Dues to Teachers' Unions? Meeting the Challenges of Professional Practice Case Perspectives Summary Reflective Practice: Choosing a Teaching Path Terms and Concepts Additional Readings Web Resources 2. Challenges Teachers and Schools Face Case Study: School Violence What Are Society's Expectations for Schools? How Does Poverty Place Students at Risk of School Failure? How Can Schools Intervene to Help Students at Risk? Providing Early Intervention Programs Keeping Students in School Providing Compensatory Education Providing Before- and After-School Programs Providing Mentors and Tutors Using the Arts to Engage Children How Can Schools Get Parents Involved in Their Children's Education? Implementing Parental Involvement Programs Teachers and the Law: What rights and responsibilities do teachers have in protecting students' online privacy? Providing Family Services through Full-Service Schools How Can Schools Reduce Risks That Threaten Children's Health and Safety? Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect Preventing and Curing Childhood Obesity Technology in Practice: Stopping Online Predators Issues in School Reform: No Name-Calling Preventing the Spread of AIDS and Other Communicable Diseases Preventing Suicide and Accidental Injury or Death Preventing School Violence Preventing Substance Abuse Case Perspectives Summary Reflective Practice: The Achievement Gap Terms and Concepts Additional Readings Web Resources 3. The Richness of Classroom Cultures Case Study: Is Some Curriculum Discriminatory? What Is Diversity? Culture Race and Ethnicity What Other Concepts Define Diversity? From the Perspective of Immigrants From the Perspective of Being a Language Minority or Bilingual Person Voices Pro and Con: Bias in the African American Community From the Perspective of Gender Cultural Awareness: Lessons Learned From the Perspective of Exceptionality From the Perspective of Sexual Orientation What Is Multicultural Education? Teaching the Culturally Different Human Relations Approaches Single-Group Studies Multicultural Approaches Education That Is Multicultural and Social Reconstructionist What Types of Multicultural Education Curricula Exist and How Are They Evaluated? Accountability Issues Technology in Practice: Countering Prejudice How Are Educational Services Adapted for Students with Exceptionalities? Delivering Services to Students with Disabilities Issues in School Reform: Serving Children with Special Needs Through Inclusion Delivering Services to Gifted and Talented Students How Can Teachers Create Culturally Relevant Classrooms? Cultural Mismatches Responsive Instruction Case Perspectives Summary Reflective Practice: One Immigrant's Success Story Terms and Concepts Additional Readings Web Resources TIMELINE: Historical and Philosophical Touchstones in Education DEVELOPING A PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIO: Digital Portfolios ONLINE ACTIVITY: The Learning Network II. OUR EDUCATIONAL HERITAGE 4. Education in America: The Early Years Case Study: The Long Shadow of History Which Europeans Influenced Early Education? Comenius: Value of Structure Locke and Rousseau: Enlightened Views Pestalozzi: Encouraging Development Froebel: Start Early How Did Informal Education Develop Before the Civil War? Education in the Southern Colonies Voices Pro and Con: Competition or Cooperation? Education in the Middle Atlantic Colonies Education in the New England Colonies A National View of Education What Were the Aims of Education? The Role of Religion Teachers and the Law: How Free Are Teachers to Practice Their Religion? Industry Affects Education Education for Slaves Education for Native Americans Education in Spain's American Colonies Education for Women Education for People with Disabilities How Did Formal Education Develop in America Before the Civil War? Life in Colonial Schools Curricula Issues in School Reform: Children's Books Have Staying Power Recognizing Educational Success and Failure The Monitorial Method and the American Lyceum The Latin School and the English Academy: No Girls Allowed Early Ideas of Public Education Leaders in the Movement for Universal Education Technology in Practice: Turn on, Tune In-Leap for Joy! The Development of Parochial Schools The Growth of Institutions of Higher Education Case Perspectives Summary Reflective Practice: Eliza Pinckney Terms and Concepts Additional Readings Web Resources 5. Education in America: Then and Now Case Study: Where Do I Fit? How Did Educational Life Change After the Civil War? Ending Slavery and Reconstructing the South We Need Educational and Social Reform Science and Philanthropy Combine to Education Learning from Mass Media Federal Influence on Education Teachers and the Law: Has NCLB Changed the Rules on Prayer in Public School? Who Are "We the People?"' Native Americans European Americans African Americans Technology in Practice: Accessing History Cultural Awareness: Lessons Learned Hispanic Americans Asian Americans Voices Pro and Con: Illegal Immigrants Exceptional Learners in America American Women How Did Teaching Change After the Civil War? Status of Women in Teaching Changes The Progressive Movement Begins We Attempt to Educate the Nation How Have Schools Changed During the Modern Era? Consolidation and Bureaucratization New Links Between Schools and Communities Rise of Preschools The Middle School Movement Comprehensive High Schools Homeschooling Adult Education Opportunities for Higher Education Why Was Curriculum So Important? Standardized Curriculum Diversified Curriculum Cultural Awareness: Lessons Learned Censorship and Core Curricula Innovative Curriculum How Do We Typically Judge Educational Success and Failure? Case Perspectives Summary Reflective Practice: Cycles of Education Terms and Concepts Additional Readings Web Resources 6. Why Teachers Behave As They Do Case Study: Developing Civic Attitudes What Does Philosophy Have To Do With You as a Teacher? Philosophy Influences Education Voices Pro and Con: The Core Philosophies of Public Schools What Are the Roots of American Educational Philosophies? Idealism Realism Humanism What Modern Philosophies Influence Western Education? Existentialism Marxism Behaviorism and Cognitivism Pragmatism Technology in Practice: Pragmatism at Work Perennialism and Essentialism Social Reconstuctionism What Non-Western Philosophies Influence American Education? Hinduism Buddhism Islam African and Native American Philosophies Cultural Awareness: Lessons Learned What Shapes Teachers' Personal Philosophies of Education? Learning from Teaching: Reflection Case Perspectives Summary Reflective Practice: Philosophical Differences Terms and Concepts Additional Readings Web Resources TIMELINE: Professional Teaching in a Diverse Society DEVELOPING A PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIO: Your Own Philosophy of Teaching ONLINE ACTIVITY: Exploring the Library of Congress III. EDUCATION FROM THE OUTSIDE IN 7. Where Teachers Work: Schools Case Study: A Rose by Any Other Name How Is Public Schooling Organized in the United States? School Districts Types of Schools Early Childhood Education Kindergarten Elementary Schools Cultural Awareness: Lessons Learned Junior High Schools and Middle Schools High Schools Higher Education Issues in School Reform: School Consolidation What Are Some Schooling Alternatives? Magnet Schools Vocational-Technical Schools Montessori and Waldorf Schools Private and Independent Schools For-Profit Schools Charter Schools Parochial Schools Home Schools How Are Schools Administered? The School Superintendent Principals and Assistant Principals What Organizational and Policy Issues Do Schools Face? Retention Class Schedule and Class Size Technology in Practice: Recognizing and Promoting School Quality Tracking What Makes Some Schools More Effective Than Others? Positive School Environments Relations Case Perspectives Summary Reflective Practice: A New Paradigm for School Goals Terms and Concepts Additional Readings Web Resources 8. Leading, Governing, and Funding Schools Case Study: Scopes Revisited What Are School Governance and Education Finance? How Schools Are Run How Schools Are Funded Connections Between Education and the Economy Issues in School Reform: Leadership In an Age of Reform Political Influences on Public Education How Does the Federal Government Influence Education? Federal Funding for Education How Is Education Financed and Controlled by the States? State Funding State Education Oversight Cooperation among School Districts How Are Schools Financed and Managed at the Local Level? Property Taxes Local School Boards Technology in Practice: How Do Schools' Expenditures and Revenues Compare? School District Budgets How Are Governance and Funding Related to Educational Success? The Issues of Funding Equity The Issue of School Choice Voices Pro and Con: Public Support for Private Schools? The Issue of Site-Based Management Case Perspectives Summary Reflective Practice: School Board Membership Terms and Concepts Additional Readings Web Resources 9. The Influence of the Law Case Study: To Catch a Thief How Does Government Influence Education? What Legal Principles Affect Public Education? What Are Parents' Rights and Responsibilities? A Question of Religious Principle You Can't Spank My Child! Do Some Parents Have Special Rights? What Are Students' Rights and Responsbilities In God Somebody Trusts Playing Fairly Voices Pro and Con: Zero Tolerance Show Me What's In There! Are There Limits on Student Expression? Cultural Awareness: Lessons Learned Treating Different Students Differently-Illegal Discrimination? Would You Check These Papers for Me? What Are Teachers' Rights and Responsibilities? There's Got To Be a Way to Keep This Job! A Line Between Personhood and Professionalism What Do You Mean I'm Violating Copyright Law? Maybe She Is Just a Sickly Child You Should Have Known Better Technology in Practice: Online Training for Recognizing Child Neglect and Abuse What Are School Districts' Rights and Responsibilities? Balancing Academic Freedom Equal Treatment How Could You Let This Happen to a Student? Somebody Will Pay! What Kind of Choice Is This? Case Perspectives Summary Reflective Practice: Sexual Harrassment Terms and Concepts Additional Readings Web Resources TIMELINE: Milestones in Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment DEVELOPING A PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIO: Assessing Students through Observation ONLINE ACTIVITY: Teaching with Census Information IV. HELPING STUDENTS SUCCEED 10. Curriculum and Instruction Case Study: Reaching Every Student What Is Curriculum? Explicit and Implicit Curricula Null Curriculum Extracurriculum Integrated Curriculum What Forces for Change Affect Curriculum Content? Voices Pro and Con: To Standardize or Not to Standardize the Curriculum? The National Interest State and Local Priorities Legal Issues for Teachers: Can students be required to recite the Pledge of Allegiance? Social Issues and Public Opinion Professional Groups and Individuals Educational Publishing and Mass Media How Are Curriculum and Instruction Planned and Organized? Aims of Education Teacher Planning for Instruction What Are Four General Models of Instruction Behavioral Systems Strategies Social Strategies Information-Processing Strategies Personal Sources Strategies Technology in Practice: Technology Old and New Make for Creative Curriculum What Is Effective Instruction? Understanding Students Communicating Creative Learning Environments Adapting Instruction for Students with Special Needs Cultural Awareness: Lessons Learned Evaluating Student Learning How Do Teachers Manage Students Effectively? Research Informs Teacher Management Behavior Relationships between Teachers and Students Classroom Management: An Environment of Self-Control Case Perspectives Summary Reflective Practice: Sexual Harassment Terms and Concepts Additional Readings Web Resources 11. Recognizing Educational Success: Standards and Assessment Case Study: Dodging Academic Disaster How Do We Know What Works in Education? Personal Standards National Goals and Standards The Nation's Report Card State Standards Issues in School Reform: Measuring Progress Under NCLB Opportunity Standards What Types of Classroom Assessments Do Teachers Use? Classroom Assessment Triad Cognition and Learning Cultural Awareness: Lessons Learned Minimum Competency Testing Asking Questions Voices Pro and Con: Grading Authentic Assessment Grading and Recommendations Student's Role Technology in Practice: Rubrics How Can Teachers Know If They Are Assessing Students Fairly? Bias in Assessment Teaching to the Test Multiple Measures Case Perspectives Summary Reflective Practice: Arithmetic Test Terms and Concepts Additional Readings Web Resources TIMELINE: From the Past Comes the Future DEVELOPING A PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIO: Preparing Your Resume ONLINE ACTIVITY: Teaching Overseas V. A CONNECTED FUTURE 12. A Global Educational Context Case Study Why Learn about Educational Life outside the United States? Preparing for the Future Voices Pro and Con: Are There Global Limits to Our Tolerance? Becoming Globally Aware Why Study Educational Policy in Other Countries? Education in Canada Technology in Practice: Let the Machine Do the Translation Education in Mexico Education in Japan Education in India Education in the United Kingdom Education in Singapore Education in South Africa How Might We Enhance Understanding of Global Interdependence? Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study Issues in School Reform: Will Jordan Lead the Way? International Comparisons: Smoke and Mirrors? Comparisons that Foster a Global View Case Perspectives Summary Reflective Practice: Project Cuba Terms and Concepts Additional Readings Web Resources 13. What Lies Ahead Case Study: Looking to the Future How Are Teachers' Professional Roles Changing? Trends toward Common Educational Expectations Cultural Awareness: Lessons from Other Cultures Trends toward Comprehensive Curriculum and Assessment Trends toward Education for Diversity Trends toward Defining Diversity in Economic Terms Trends toward Character Education How Are Links to Technology Changing the Foundations of Education? The Internet and the World Wide Web Distance Learning Technology in Practice: Blogging, Vloging, and Podcasting Telecommunication Capabilities in the Schools How Are Small Schools Transforming Teaching and Learning? Targeting Students at Risk Through Collaborative Networks Success for All Increasing Parental Involvement Enhancing Relationships among Educators How Can Professional Educators Prepare for the Future? Using Professional Knowledge Reflecting on Professional Practice Case Perspectives Summary Reflective Practice: Turning Classrooms over to Interns Terms and Concepts Additional Readings Web Resources

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA81858925
• ISBN:
  • 0205485588
• LCCN: 2005055583
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Boston ; Tokyo
• ページ数/冊数: 8, xxi, 461 p.
• 大きさ: 28 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : LB1775.2
  • DC22 : 370.973
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Teaching -- Vocational guidance -- United States
  • LCSH : Education -- United States