Introduction to Teaching Plus NEW MyEducationLab with Video-Enhanced Pearson eText -- Access Card Package

Also from Don P. Kauchak and Paul D. Eggen:
0133007561 - Learning and Teaching: Research-Based Methods Plus MyEducationLab with Pearson eText, 6/e - ©2012
0133007588 - Strategies and Models for Teachers: Teaching Content and Thinking Skills Plus MyEducationLab with Pearson eText, - 6/e ©2012
0137012322 - Introduction to Teaching: Becoming a Professional, 4/e - ©2011
0131133713 - Charting a Professional Course: Issues and Controversies in Education, 1/e - ©2005




Also from Don P. Kauchak:  
0135035309 - Methods for Teaching: Promoting Student Learning in K-12 Classrooms (with MyEducationLab), 8/e - ©2009

List of contents

Part 1: Teachers and Students
1. Do I want to Be a Teacher?
2. Changes in American Society: Their Influences on Today’s Students
3. Student Diversity: Culture, Language, Gender, and Exceptionalities
 
Part 2: Foundations
4. Education in the United States: Its Historical Roots
5. Educational Philosophy and Your Teaching
6. Choosing a School
7. Governance and Finance: Regulating and Funding Schools
8. School Law: Ethical and Legal Influences on Teaching
 
Part 3: Teaching
9. The School Curriculum in an Era of Standards
10. Classroom Management: Creating Productive Learning Environments
11. Becoming an Effective Teacher
 
Part 4: Entering the Profession
12. Educational Reform and You
13. Developing as a Professional
 

About the author

Don Kauchak has taught and worked in schools in nine different states and in higher education for 40 years. He has published in a number of scholarly journals, including the Journal of Educational Research, Journal of Teacher Education, Teaching and Teacher Education, Phi Delta Kappan, and Educational Leadership. In addition to this text, he has co-authored or co-edited six other books on education. He has also been a principal investigator on federal and state grants examining teacher development and evaluation practices, and presents regularly at the American Educational Research Association. Don strongly believes in the contribution that public schools make to our democracy, and his two children benefited greatly from their experiences in state-supported K—12 schools and public institutions of higher education.
 
Paul Eggen has worked in higher education for 35 years. In addition to his duties there, he spends a great deal of time working as a consultant to public schools in his university’s service area, and he has provided support to teachers in 12 different states. Paul has also worked with teachers in international schools in 23 countries around the world, including schools in Africa, South Asia, the Middle East, Central America, South America, Europe, and Japan. He has several articles published in national journals, is the co-author or co-editor of six books in addition to this one, and is a frequent presenter at national and international conferences. Paul is strongly committed to public education. His wife is a middle school teacher in a public school, and his two children are graduates of public schools and state-supported universities. 

Summary

This package includes the Enhanced Pearson eText with MyEducationLab and the bound book.
 
For an undergraduate course in Foundations and/or Intro to Education.
 
Providing prospective teachers with an honest look at the students, classrooms and schools they’ll encounter.
 
While this renowned, case-based text continues to contextualize the fundamentals of education with real world settings and applications, the Fifth Edition’s clear focus on issues brings relevance to every discussion. Issues in reform, in diversity, and in day to day teaching situations bring foundational and introductory topics to life and help prospective teachers see themselves in the real world of their future profession.
 
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Product details

• Authors: Paul Eggen, Paul D. Eggen, Don Kauchak, Don P. Kauchak
• Publisher: Pearson Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Mixed media product
• Released: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9780133386202
• ISBN: 978-0-13-338620-2
• No. of pages: 560
• Weight: 1070 g
• Series: Pearson; Pearson
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology