Teaching in Today's Classrooms Cases From Elementary School

by Redman, George L.

• ISBN13: 9780136271420
• ISBN10: 0136271421
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-06-03
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

A problem-based casebook which emphasizes reflective thinking and shows teachers how to create a collaborative, interactive atmosphere in which students address authentic issues, share prior knowledge, think like professionals, and develop their potential to learn, to teach, and to mature in thought and action once on the job.Features 22 critical components of teaching, all correlated to the INTASC (Interstate and New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium) standards organized within four domains:planning and preparation; creating an environment for learning; instruction; and professional responsibilities. Presents a collection of 32 engaging, field-tested cases that are all authentic classroom situations and are organized around a research-supported conceptual framework of the 22 critical components of teaching.Practicing educators and those pursuing a teaching career.

Table of Contents

I. INTRODUCTION:

II. PLANNING AND PREPARATION.

1. But I Assumed...
2. My Brother Was Shot by A Gang:
3. “Our Computer Exercises Aren't Fun!”
4. Students with Dual Needs.
5. “When Would I Ever Use This?”
6. Structuring for Success in a Mainstreamed Classroom.
7. A Bilingual Teacher's Aide Assesses His New School.
8. Developing Skills of Critical Analysis: Exposing the Myths of Films and Fairy Tales.
9. How Should I Grade Danielle?

III. THE CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT.

10. “Let's All Make Up the Rules.”
11. “Overlook the Stereotypes—It's Art!”
12. “Not in My Group—He's Gay.”
13. “We Only Meant It as a Joke.”
14. “Respect? Let's Talk About It.”
15. “Let's Be Nice to Ricardo.”
16. “Isn't the Christmas Tree a Christian Symbol?”
17. Your Data are so Neatly Recorded.
18. “No, This Is My Chair!”

IV. INSTRUCTION.

19. “Can We Study Crazy Horse?”
20. “Folk Heroes—Is Cesar Chavez One?”
21. “Other Cultures Celebrate Thanksgiving Too.”
22. “Let's Start With What You Have Done.”
23. “You'll Need Both Black Vernacular and Standard English.”
24. “Here's What We'll Do...”
25. “What If I Can't Get Their Attention?”
26. “Friday Is Video Day”
27. “Dwight, What Do You Think?”

V. PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.

28. “Let's Ask the Company to Change It.”
29. “Your Child Is So Good At...”
30. Professional Growth and Instructional Support.
31. Records, Portfolios, and Computers.
32. “I'd Rather Not Supervise A Student Teacher This Term.”
Appendix A: The Four Domains of Teaching Responsibility.
Appendix B: Banks's Approaches for the Integration of Multicultural Context.
Appendix C: Creating a Multicultural Context for the Cases.
Bibliography.