Those Who Can, Teach

Brief Contents......Page 8
Contents......Page 9
Preface......Page 16
Ch 1: Why Teach?......Page 28
Examining Your Motives for Teaching......Page 29
The Rewards of Teaching......Page 30
Sources of Useful Experience......Page 36
Case Studies in the Motivation to Teach......Page 39
Opinions about Teachers and Teaching......Page 46
Why Teachers Teach......Page 48
Key Terms......Page 51
For Further Information......Page 52
Ch 2: What is a School and What is it for?......Page 53
What is a School?......Page 54
Education and Schooling......Page 55
Schools as Cultures......Page 57
Schools as Transmitters or Re-creators of Culture......Page 58
The Four Basic Purposes of School......Page 62
What Do Studies Reveal about the Nature of Schools?......Page 66
What is a Good School?......Page 74
The Unfinished Work of the Schools......Page 78
Key Terms......Page 79
For Further Information......Page 80
Ch 3: Who are Today's Students in a Diverse Society?......Page 81
Sources of Student Diversity......Page 82
Racial, Ethnic, and Cultural Diversity......Page 83
Children of Immigrants and English Language Learners......Page 90
Diverse Abilities......Page 93
Gifted and Talented Students......Page 106
Diverse Needs......Page 109
Gender......Page 111
Sexual Orientation......Page 115
The Teacher's Response to Diversity......Page 117
Our Final Word......Page 118
For Further Information......Page 119
Ch 4: What Social Problems Affect Today's Students?......Page 121
Recognizing Risk Factors......Page 122
New American Family Patterns......Page 123
Poverty......Page 128
Teenage Parenting......Page 132
Abused and Neglected Children......Page 136
Alcohol and Drug Abuse......Page 137
Adolescent Suicide......Page 138
School Violence and Vandalism......Page 140
Student Cheating......Page 145
High School Graduation and Dropout Rates......Page 146
Key Terms......Page 147
For Further Information......Page 148
Ch 5: What is Taught?......Page 149
What is a Curriculum?......Page 150
What is the Present Curriculum?......Page 155
Assessing Student Academic Performance......Page 164
Additional Influences on the Curriculum......Page 168
Current Curriculum Controversies......Page 181
Is the Existing Curriculum Relevant to Today's Society?......Page 184
Key Terms......Page 186
For Further Information......Page 187
Ch 6: What Makes a Teacher Effective?......Page 189
Framework for Professional Practice......Page 191
The Teacher as a Reflective Decision Maker......Page 194
Aspects of Reflective Decision Making......Page 196
What Attitudes Does the Effective Teacher Possess?......Page 197
What Subject-Matter Knowledge Does the Effective Teacher Need?......Page 203
What Theoretical Knowledge Does the Effective Teacher Need?......Page 204
Personal Practical Knowledge......Page 208
Which Teaching Skills are Required of an Effective Teacher?......Page 209
Key Terms......Page 218
For Further Information......Page 219
Ch 7: What Should Teachers Know about Technology and its Impact on Schools?......Page 220
A Brief Look at Educations Technological Past......Page 222
How are Schools being Pressured to Change?......Page 223
How are Technologies Affecting Student Learning?......Page 225
How are Technologies Affecting Teaching?......Page 242
How are Computer Technologies Organized for Student Use?......Page 247
What are the Key Issues in Educational Technology?......Page 250
Our Final Word......Page 254
Why Teach? Your Final Word......Page 255
For Further Information......Page 256
Ch 8: What are the Ethical and Legal Issues Facing Teachers?......Page 257
The Teacher's Responsibility......Page 258
The Ethics of Teaching......Page 259
The Teacher and the Law......Page 267
Lifestyle and the Teacher......Page 284
Law, Religion, and the School......Page 287
Students and the Law......Page 294
Our Final Word......Page 307
For Further Information......Page 308
Ch 9: What are the Philosophical Foundations of American Education?......Page 310
What is Philosophy?......Page 311
The Terrain of Philosophy......Page 313
Schools of Educational Philosophy......Page 318
The Influence of Psychological Theories......Page 333
Your Philosophy of Education......Page 335
Why Teach? Your Final Word......Page 340
For Further Information......Page 341
Ch 10: What is the History of America's Struggle for Educational Opportunity?......Page 342
Themes in American Education......Page 343
Elementary Education......Page 345
Secondary Education......Page 353
Private Education......Page 359
Education of Minorities......Page 360
Key Terms......Page 375
For Further Information......Page 376
Ch 11: How are Schools Governed, Influenced, and Financed?......Page 377
Who Legally Governs Public Education?......Page 378
Who Influences American Public Education?......Page 385
How are Schools Financed?......Page 391
Key Terms......Page 400
For Further Information......Page 401
Ch 12: How Should Education Be Reformed?......Page 402
Current Reform Initiatives......Page 403
What Ought to be the Elements of Educational Reform?......Page 424
The Current State of School Reform......Page 435
Key Terms......Page 436
For Further Information......Page 437
Ch 13: What are Your Job Options in Education?......Page 438
Will there be Job Openings in Education?......Page 439
How Do You Obtain a Teaching Position?......Page 451
How Do You become Licensed?......Page 456
If You Don't Teach, What Then?......Page 459
Key Terms......Page 461
For Further Information......Page 462
Ch 14: What Can the New Teacher Expect?......Page 464
The School Milieu: The Shock of the Familiar......Page 467
Administrators: Mixed Bag and Many Hats......Page 469
Peers: A Mixed Blessing......Page 473
Instruction: So Much to Learn......Page 475
Students: Friends or Fiends?......Page 477
Parents: Natural Allies with Different Agendas......Page 486
Surviving the First Year of Teaching......Page 490
Our Final Word......Page 496
For Further Information......Page 497
Ch 15: What Does it Mean to be a Professional?......Page 499
The Status of Teaching: A Profession or Not?......Page 502
Professional Associations......Page 514
Your Own Professional Development......Page 520
Key Terms......Page 527
For Further Information......Page 528
Before You Close the Book......Page 529
The Habit of Reflection......Page 530
And One Final, Final Word......Page 533
Appendix......Page 534
Endnotes......Page 536
Glossary......Page 548
Index......Page 555