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9780618192342

Foundations of Education

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  • ISBN13:

    9780618192342

  • ISBN10:

    0618192344

  • Edition: 8th
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-02-08
  • Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
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Summary

Foundations of Education provides complete coverage of all foundational areas; superior coverage of social foundations; updates on key issues in education; and strong, thought-provoking pedagogy. Completely updated, the Sixth Edition focuses more on technology with new sections on the history of technology in education; the place of technology in school reform; and the effects of digital technologies on children. Getting to the Source one-page excerpts familiarize students with a wide variety of primary source materials. Taking Issues charts present controversial topics in the field of education, offering arguments on both sides of a question.

Table of Contents

Understanding the Teaching Profession
Motivation, Status, and Preparation of the Teacher
Choosing a Career in Teaching
Status and Supply of Teachers
Preparation of Teachers Efforts to Improve the Teaching
Force Diversity of the Teaching
Force: A Growing Concern Educational Reform and Teacher
Empowerment Outlook for Teaching
The Teaching Profession Is Teaching a Profession?
Trends Toward Professionalism Teacher
Organizations General Professional Organizations for Teachers
Historical Foundations
World Roots of American Education Education in Preliterate Societies
Education in Ancient Chinese Civilization
Education in Ancient Indian Civilization
Education in Ancient Egyptian Civilization
Education in Ancient Greek and Roman Civilizations
Arabic Learning and Education
Medieval Culture and Education
Renaissance Classical Humanism
The Religious Reformation and Education
The Enlightenment''s Influence on Education
Pioneers in Education Comenius
The Search for a New Method Locke
Empiricst Educator Rousseau
Educating the Natural Person Pestalozzi
Educator of the Senses and Emotions Froebel
The Kindergarten Movement Spenser
Social Darwinist and Utilitarian Educator Dewey
Learning Through Experience Montessori
The Prepared Environment Piaget
Developmental Growth Illich
Deschooling Society
Historical Development of American Education
The Colonial Period
The Early National Period
The Movement Toward Public Schooling
The Development of American Secondary Schools
The American College and University Education in a Culturally
Diverse Society Recent Historical Trends
Political, Economic, and Legal Foundations
Governing and Administering Public Education
Local Responsibilities and Activities
Intermediate Units State Responsibilities and Activities
The Federal Role in Education Nonpublic Schools
Financing Public Education
Tax Sources of School Revenues Local
Financing of Public Schools State
Financing of Public Schools Federal Education
Funding School Finance Trends
Legal Aspects of Education
The Court System Teachers'' Rights and Responsibilities Students''
Rights and Responsibilities
Religion and the Schools Affirmative
Action and Educational Equity
Social Foundations
Culture, Socialization, and Education Culture and Education
Agents of Socialization
Sex Roles and Sex Differences Adolescent and Youth Problems
Social Class, Race, and School Achievement
Social Class and Success in School Race, Ethnicity, and School Success
Reasons for Low Achievement Among Low-Status Students
Do Schools Equalize Opportunity?
Traditional Versus Revisionist Interpretations
Providing Equal Educational Opportunity
Desegregation Compensatory
Education Multicultural Education
Education for Students with Disabilities
Philosophical and Curricular Foundations
Philosophical Roots of Education
Special Terminology Idealism
Realism Pragmatism Existentialism
Educational Theories
Progressivism Social Reconstructionism
Perennialism Essentialism Critical Theory
Building Your Own Philosophy of Education
The Purposes of Education Establishing
Goals and Objectives Historical Perspective
The Call for Excellence Swings of the Pendulum
Curriculum and Instruction
Curriculum Organization
Issues in Curriculum Development Instructional
Approaches Emerging Curriculum
Trends: An Agenda for the Future
Effective Education: International and American Perspectives
International Education Commonalities in Educational Systems
Differences in Educational
Systems and Outcomes Exemplary
Reforms: A Selection Problems and Prospects in Developing Countries
School Improvement Projects and Research
Conclusion: U.S. Schools in an International Context
School Effectiveness and Reform in the United States
Imperatives to Improve the Schools
Characteristics of Effective Classrooms and Schools
Recent Efforts to Increase School
Effectiveness At-Risk Students and Dropouts
The Process of School Improvement and Reform
Related Efforts to Improve School
Effectiveness Systemic Restructuring and Reform
Conclusion: The Challenge for Education
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