Description: PART I: Teachers and Students Chapter 1: Becoming a Teacher What Are You Doing for the Rest of Your Life? Do Teachers Like Teaching? Professionalism at the Crossroads From Normal Schools to Board-Certified Teachers Teacher Education Today On Discipline On Competition On Honesty and Dependability On Urban Legends about Teaching Southwest Airlines and Teaching We Like Questions Summary Key Terms and People Discussion Questions and Activities Reel to Real Teaching For Further Reading Chapter 2: Student Diversity Different Ways of Learning Multiple Intelligences and Emotional Intelligence Cultural Diversity Teaching Them All Culture and Education Multicultural Education Bilingual Education Exceptional Learners Exceptional Learners: An Exceptional Struggle for Educational Rights The Gifted and Talented Summary Key Terms and People Discussion Questions and Activities Reel to Real Teaching For Further Reading Chapter 3: Teacher Effectiveness Are Teachers Born, or Made? The Mysterious Case of Teacher Effectiveness Academic Learning Time Classroom Management The Pedagogical Cycle Clarity and Academic Structure Questioning Student Response Reaction or Productive Feedback Variety in Process and Content Models for Effective Instruction Direct Teaching Cooperative Learning Mastery Learning Problem-Based Learning Effective and Reflective Teaching Summary Key Terms and People Discussion Questions and Activities Reel to Real Teaching For Further Reading Inter-mission Introduction Inter-mission Part 1 Teachers and Students PART II: Schools and Curriculum Chapter 4: Schools: Choices and Challenges A Meeting Here Tonight The Purposes of School Purpose 1: To Transmit Society's Knowledge and Values (Passing the Cultural Baton) Purpose 2: Reconstructing Society (Schools as Tools for Change) Public Demands for Schools Where Do You Stand? Education Reform Beyond the Neighborhood Public School The Choice Concept Magnet Schools Open Enrollment Vouchers Charter Schools EMOs (Educational Maintenance Organizations): Schools for Profit Is Choice a Good Idea? Home Schools, Home Teachers Summary Key Terms and People Discussion Questions and Activities Reel to Real Teaching For Further Reading Chapter 5: Life in Schools Rules, Rituals, and Routines "Come Right Up and Get Your New Books": A Teacher's Perspective "Come Right Up and Get Your New Books": A Student's Perspective Delay and Social Distraction Watching the Clock The Teacher as Gatekeeper The Other Side of the Tracks The Power of Elementary Peer Groups GUEST COLUMN: Haunted by Racist Attitudes High School's Adolescent Society The Affective Side of School Reform What Makes a School Effective? Factor 1: Strong Leadership Factor 2: A Clear School Mission Factor 3: A Safe and Orderly Climate Factor 4: Monitoring Student Progress Factor 5: High Expectations A Note of Caution on Effective Schools Research Beyond Five Factors Summary Key Terms and People Discussion Questions and Activities Reel to Real Teaching For Further Reading Chapter 6: What Students are Taught in Schools What Is a Curriculum? The Extracurriculum The Hidden or Implicit Curriculum The Formal or Explicit Curriculum The Curriculum Time Machine: A Historical Perspective Time Capsule 1: The Two Rs in the Seventeenth Century Time Capsule 2: Curricula in the Eighteenth Century Time Capsule 3: A Secularized Curriculum for Students in the Nineteenth Century Time Capsule 4: Progressive Education in the First Half of the Twentieth Century Time Capsule 5: Sputnik in Space and Structure in Know

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