Teachers, Schools, and Society with Free Making the Grade CD and Online Learning Center Password Card

by Sadker, Myra Pollack; Sadker, David Miller

• ISBN13: 9780072558425
• ISBN10: 0072558423
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-03-26
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Summary

Ever since its first edition, education professors have relied on the Sadkers for their comprehensive coverage of all aspects of American education. Teachers, Schools, and Society provides in-depth coverage of the foundations of education (history, philosophy, governance, and law) while also presenting a clear overview of what it means to be a teacher today, and including commentary on current critical topics. Most importantly, a multicultural/diversity-oriented approach is taken in every chapter to provide the most integrated and thorough coverage of diversity in any introduction to education textbook.Written in an informal and highly engaging style that appeals to students, Teachers, Schools, and Society is punctuated throughout with interesting features. The pedagogical system is expanded and refined in the sixth edition to provide extensive student support. New to the text is an interactive element that integrates reflection into all features and that links students to the Online Learning Center to perform interactive activities and to find additional resources.Combine comprehensive coverage; an engaging, interactive pedagogical system; and unsurpassable integrated coverage of diversity with an excellent author team, detailed appendices, and a complete supplements package, and you have an extraordinary resource for introductory coverage of American education.

Table of Contents

PART I: Teachers and Students

Chapter 1: Becoming a Teacher

What Are You Doing for the Rest of Your Life?

Do Teachers Like Teaching?

Professionalism at the Crossroads

From Normal Schools to Board-Certified Teachers

Teacher Education Today

On Discipline

On Competition

On Honesty and Dependability

On Urban Legends about Teaching

Southwest Airlines and Teaching

We Like Questions

Summary

Key Terms and People

Discussion Questions and Activities

Reel to Real Teaching

For Further Reading

Chapter 2: Student Diversity

Different Ways of Learning

Multiple Intelligences and Emotional Intelligence

Cultural Diversity

Teaching Them All

Culture and Education

Multicultural Education

Bilingual Education

Exceptional Learners

Exceptional Learners: An Exceptional Struggle for Educational Rights

The Gifted and Talented

Summary

Key Terms and People

Discussion Questions and Activities

Reel to Real Teaching

For Further Reading

Chapter 3: Teacher Effectiveness

Are Teachers Born, or Made?

The Mysterious Case of Teacher Effectiveness

Academic Learning Time

Classroom Management

The Pedagogical Cycle

Clarity and Academic Structure

Questioning

Student Response

Reaction or Productive Feedback

Variety in Process and Content

Models for Effective Instruction

Direct Teaching

Cooperative Learning

Mastery Learning

Problem-Based Learning

Effective and Reflective Teaching

Summary

Key Terms and People

Discussion Questions and Activities

Reel to Real Teaching

For Further Reading

Inter-mission Introduction

Inter-mission Part 1 Teachers and Students

PART II: Schools and Curriculum

Chapter 4: Schools: Choices and Challenges

A Meeting Here Tonight

The Purposes of School

Purpose 1: To Transmit Society's Knowledge and Values (Passing the Cultural Baton)

Purpose 2: Reconstructing Society (Schools as Tools for Change)

Public Demands for Schools

Where Do You Stand?

Education Reform

Beyond the Neighborhood Public School

The Choice Concept

Magnet Schools

Open Enrollment

Vouchers

Charter Schools

EMOs (Educational Maintenance Organizations): Schools for Profit

Is Choice a Good Idea?

Home Schools, Home Teachers

Summary

Key Terms and People

Discussion Questions and Activities

Reel to Real Teaching

For Further Reading

Chapter 5: Life in Schools

Rules, Rituals, and Routines

"Come Right Up and Get Your New Books": A Teacher's Perspective

"Come Right Up and Get Your New Books": A Student's Perspective

Delay and Social Distraction

Watching the Clock

The Teacher as Gatekeeper

The Other Side of the Tracks

The Power of Elementary Peer Groups

GUEST COLUMN: Haunted by Racist Attitudes

High School's Adolescent Society

The Affective Side of School Reform

What Makes a School Effective?

Factor 1: Strong Leadership

Factor 2: A Clear School Mission

Factor 3: A Safe and Orderly Climate

Factor 4: Monitoring Student Progress

Factor 5: High Expectations

A Note of Caution on Effective Schools Research

Beyond Five Factors

Summary

Key Terms and People

Discussion Questions and Activities

Reel to Real Teaching

For Further Reading

Chapter 6: What Students are Taught in Schools

What Is a Curriculum?

The Extracurriculum

The Hidden or Implicit Curriculum

The Formal or Explicit Curriculum

The Curriculum Time Machine: A Historical Perspective

Time Capsule 1: The Two Rs in the Seventeenth Century

Time Capsule 2: Curricula in the Eighteenth Century

Time Capsule 3: A Secularized Curriculum for Students in the Nineteenth Century

Time Capsule 4: Progressive Education in the First Half of the Twentieth Century

Time Capsule 5: Sputnik in Space and Structure in Knowledge, 1940s-1960s

Time Capsule 6: Social Concern and Relevance, 1960s-1970s

Time Capsule 7: Back to Basics and a Core Curriculum, 1980s-2002

The Subjects of the Formal Curriculum

Language Arts and English

Social Studies

Mathematics

Science

Foreign Languages

Technology

The Arts

Physical Education

Health

Vocational and Career Education

New Directions for the Curriculum

Summary

Key Terms and People

Discussion Questions and Activities

Reel to Real Teaching

For Further Reading

Chapter 7: Controversy Over Who Controls the Curriculum

The Faculty Room

Who and What Shape the Curriculum?

Teachers

Parental and Community Groups

Students

Administrators

The Federal Government

The State Government

Local Government

Colleges and Universities

Standardized Tests

Education Commissions and Committees

Professional Organizations

Special Interest Groups

Publishers

The Standards Movement

Tests and Protests

Alternatives to High-Stakes Testing

The Textbook Shapes the Curriculum

Seven Forms of Bias

Invisibility

Stereotyping

Imbalance and Selectivity

Unreality

Fragmentation and Isolation

Linguistic Bias

Cosmetic Bias

Religious Fundamentalism

Censorship and the Curriculum

Cultural Literacy or Cultural Imperialism

The Saber-Tooth Curriculum

Summary

Key Terms and People

Discussion Questions and Activities

Reel to Real Teaching

For Further Reading

Inter-mission Part 2 Schools and Curriculum

PART III: Foundations

Chapter 8: The History of American Education

Christopher Lamb's Colonial Classroom

Colonial New England Education: God's Classrooms

A New Nation Shapes Education

The Common School Movement

Spinsters, Bachelors, and Gender Barriers in Teaching

The Secondary School Movement

School Reform Efforts

John Dewey and Progressive Education

The Federal Government

The World We Created at Hamilton High: A Schoolography

A Super School (If You're on the Right Side of the Tracks), 1953-1965

Social Unrest Comes to School, 1966-1971

The Students' Turn, 1972-1979

New Students, Old School, 1980-1985

Hall of Fame: Profiles in Education

Summary

Key Terms and People

Discussion Questions and Activities

Reel to Real Teaching

For Further Reading

Chapter 9: Philosophy of Education

Finding Your Philosophy of Education

Inventory of Philosophies of Education

Interpreting Your Responses

Five Philosophies of Education

Teacher-Centered Philosophies

Essentialism

Perenialism

Student-Centered Philosophies

Progressivism

Social Reconstructionism

Existentialism

Psychological Influences on Education

Constructivism

Behaviorism

Cultural Influences on Education

The Three Legendary Figures of Classical Western Philosophy

Basic Philosophical Issues and Concepts

Metaphysics and Epistemology

Ethics, Political Philosophy, and Aesthetics

Logic

Your Turn

Summary

Key Terms and People

Discussion Questions and Activities

Reel to Real Teaching

For Further Reading

Chapter 10: Financing and Governing America's Schools

Follow the Money: Financing America's Schools

Why Should Teachers Care Where the Money Comes from?

The Property Tax: The Road to Unequal Schools

Reforming Education Finance

The Move Toward Adequacy

States Finding the Money

The Federal Government's Role in Financing Education

What the Future May Hold for School Finance

Accountability

Choice Programs

Local Fundraising

Decaying Infrastructure

Governing America's Schools

School Governance Quiz

The Legal Control of Schools

From an Idea to a Reality

State Influence Grows as School Boards Come under Fire

The School Superintendent and Principal

Covert Power in Schools

Business and Family

Making Schools More Responsive

Summary

Key Terms and People

Discussion Questions and Activities

Reel to Real Teaching

For Further Reading

Chapter 11: School Law and Ethics

Classroom Law

What Is Your Rights Quotient?

I: Teachers' Rights and Responsibilities

II: Students' Rights and Responsibilities

Teaching and Ethics

Moral Education: Programs that Teach Right from Wrong

Classrooms that Explore Ethical Issues

Summary

Key Terms and People

Discussion Questions and Activities

Reel to Real Teaching

For Further Reading

Inter-mission Part 3 Foundations

PART IV: Tomorrow

Chapter 12: The Struggle for Educational Opportunity

Educational Opportunity for All

Native Americans: The History of Miseducation

Black Americans: The Struggle for a Chance to Learn

Hispanics: Growing School Impact

Mexican Americans

Puerto Ricans

Cuban Americans

New Immigrants from Latin America

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: The Magnitude of Diversity

Chinese Americans

Filipino Americans

Asian Indian Americans

Japanese Americans

Southest Asian Americans

Arab Americans: Moving Beyond the Stereotype

Women and Education: A History of Sexism

The Impact of Title IX

Our Children, Your Students

Family Patterns

Wage Earners and Parenting

Divorce

Stepfamilies, Interracial Marriages, and Alternative Families

Latchkey Kids

Hidden America: Homeless Families

Children: At Promise or At Risk?

Dropping Out

Sexuality and Teen Pregnancy

AIDS: HIV comes to School

Substance Abuse: Drinking, Drugs, and Smoking

Youth Suicide

Gays, Lesbians, and Bisexuals: Our Invisible Students

Tension Point: Are Equity and Excellence Compatible?

Summary

Key Terms and People

Discussion Questions and Activities

Reel to Real Teaching

For Further Reading

Chapter 13: Technology in Education

The Technology Revolution

School.com

It's the Teaching, Not the Technology

The Global Curriculum

The Virtual Teacher

Technology and Equity

The Digital Divide

Is Computer Technology Worth the Effort?

Summary

Key Terms and People

Discussion Questions and Activities

Reel to Real Teaching

For Further Reading

Chapter 14: Your First Classroom

Stages of Teacher Development

Your First Year: Induction into the Profession

Mentors

Observation

Professional Development Programs

Personalizing Schools

Finding that First Teaching Position

Resumes, Portfolios, and Interviews

Interviewing

Teacher Recognition

The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

Merit Pay

Career Ladder Programs

Educational Associations

Which Teacher's Organization Speaks for You?

Professional Associations and Resources

American Schools: Better Than We Think?

Summary

Key Terms and People

Discussion Questions and Activities

Reel to Real Teaching: It's Your Turn

For Further Reading

Chapter 15: Q and A Guide to Entering the Teaching Profession

What Are My Chances of Finding a Teaching Position?

Who Are My Teaching Colleagues? What Are the Demographics of Today's Teachers?

What Are My Chances for Earning a Decent Salary?

Do Private Schools Pay Less Than Public Schools?

How Do I Apply for a Teaching Job? Do I Need a Resume or a Portfolio?

What Do I Need In Order to Teach -- a License or Certification? By the Way, What's the Difference?

Who Awards Licenses, and How Do I Get One?

What Type of License Do I Need? (You Mean, There's More Than One?)

What Is an Endorsement?

What Is Program Accreditation, and What Does It Mean In Terms of Getting a Teacher's License?

What Are "Alternative Routes" to Getting a Teacher's License?

What Are Teacher Competency Tests?

How Do Teaching Contracts Work?

What Are Some Advantages of Tenure?

What Are Some Disadvantages of Tenure?

Are Untenured Teachers Protected?

Can Principals Be Tenured?

What Kinds of Educational Careers Are Available Beyond Classroom Teaching?

Summary

Key Terms and People

Inter-mission Part 4 Tomorrow

Appendixes

1: State Offices for Teacher Certification and Licensure

2: Information about the Teacher Competency Exams (Praxis Series)

3: A Summary of Selected Reports on Education Reform

4: Observation Manual