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Teachers, Schools, and Society

by Sadker, Myra Pollack; Sadker, David Miller

ISBN13: 9780070577848
ISBN10: 0070577846
Edition: 4th
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 1996-10-01
Publisher: McGraw-Hill College

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Preface

Guide to Selected Educational Issues

xix

PART ONE TEACHERS

Becoming a Teacher

(34)

Effective Teaching

(37)

A Question and Answer Guide to the Teaching Profession

(23)

Student Diversity

(38)

PART TWO SCHOOLS

What Are Schools For?

136

(28)

Life in Schools

164

(38)

What Students Are Taught in School

202

(28)

Controversy Over Who Controls the Curriculum

230

(36)

PART THREE FOUNDATIONS

The History of American Education

266

(42)

School Governance

308

(30)

School Law

338

(30)

Financing America's Schools

368

(34)

Philosophy of Education

402

(36)

PART FOUR ISSUES AND TRENDS

The Struggle for Equal Educational Opportunity

438

(37)

Contemporary Social Problems and Children at Risk

475

(35)

Tomorrow's Schools

510

(102)

APPENDICES

1: Observation Manual

551

(44)

2: The Praxis Series of Tests

595

(8)

3: Addresses of State Certification Offices

603

(3)

4: A Summary of Selected Reports on Education Reform

606

(6)

Glossary

612

(8)

Photo Credits

620

(1)

Index

621

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