Full Description
FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION, International Edition, helps students understand the key educational issues and policies affecting American education. Through an array of applied features, the authors help to prepare students for their careers by tying the book's themes to students' future practice. These include "TeachSource Video Cases," and "From Pre-Service to Practice" real-world teaching examples. Reflective pedagogy encourages students to form their own unique philosophy of teaching, laying a strong foundation for a lifelong career. Completely up-to-date throughout, this eleventh edition also provides the latest information on accountability, technology, diversity, and many other important topics.
Contents
PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING THE TEACHING PROFESSION.
1. Motivation, Preparation, and Conditions for the Entering Teacher.
2. The Teaching Profession.
PART TWO: HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS.
3. World Roots of American Education.
4. Pioneers of Modern Teaching.
5. Historical Development of American Education.
6. Philosophical Roots of Education.
PART THREE: POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND LEGAL FOUNDATIONS.
7. Governing and Administering Public Education.
8. Financing Public Education.
9. Legal Aspects of Education.
PART FOUR: SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS.
10. Culture, Socialization, and Education.
11. Social Class, Race, and School Achievement.
12. Providing Equal Educational Opportunity.
PART FIVE: CURRICULAR FOUNDATIONS.
13. The Purposes of Education.
14. Curriculum and Instruction.
PART SIX: EFFECTIVE EDUCATION: INTERNATIONAL AND AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES.
15. International Education.
16. School Effectiveness and Reform in the United States.
Glossary.
Index.
