American Schools, American Teachers: Issues and Perspectives

David Schuman

ISBN 10: 0321053990 / ISBN 13: 9780321053992

Editore: Pearson, 2003

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Codice articolo G0321053990I5N00

Riassunto:

American Schools, American Teachers: Issues and Perspectives provides a history and social commentary of education in the United States, as well as in-depth discussions about current issues. This text presents foundational aspects of education utilizing a thought provoking issues approach. It is a text about ideas that need to be considered, thought about, and discussed. The book is organized in three sections: history and background issues, issues in the classroom, and issues affecting education.

Dalla quarta di copertina:

American Schools, American Teachers: Issues and Perspectives provides a history and social commentary of education in the United States with an in-depth discussions about current issues. This is a text about ideas that need to be considered, thought about, and discussed. The book is organized in three sections. The first addresses historical perspectives and covers background issues such as Plato and Rousseau, the history of U.S. schooling, and the history of teachers. The second addresses teacher and classroom issues and deals with issues teachers encounter in the classrooms: girls and boys; race; urban, multicultural, and multilingual education; and special education. The final section addresses broader, invisible issues that affect education such as classroom control, the structure of education, testing, the effects of politics and popular culture, and school choice. The text begins with ancient Greece and ends with issues of testing, computers, privatizing schools, and George W. Bush.

Features:

• Full of information, everyday examples, and issues that should be engaged and discussed.
• Example of issues teachers will find in their classrooms are presented at the beginning of each chapter.
• Mainstream material and non-traditional material not found in other textbooks is covered.
• The book is divided into three sections: history and background issues, issues in the classroom, and issues affecting education.
• Written to help students get a sense of the reality of education and encourages discussion of the issues presented.

Schuman (Issues in Education, 1e). SMP 2004 Page 1 of 1

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Titolo: American Schools, American Teachers: Issues ...
Casa editrice: Pearson
Data di pubblicazione: 2003
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Fair
Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket