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Teachers, Schools, and Society: A Brief Introduction to Education David M. Sadker

Teachers, Schools, and Society: A Brief Introduction to Education By David M. Sadker

Teachers, Schools, and Society: A Brief Introduction to Education by David M. Sadker

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Teachers, Schools, and Society: A Brief Introduction to Education by David M. Sadker

Teachers Schools and Society: A Brief Introduction to Education, 5th Edition, offers a broad, diverse, and stimulating view of education. Written in an engaging, student-friendly style, readers are immersed in an inspiring world of the teacher where current education headlines are brought to life. The text provides a broad yet precise exposure to the realities of teaching and the role of education in our society. The text helps to answer important questions such as: Do I want to become a teacher? How do I become the best teacher possible? What should a professional in the field of education know? How are schools and teaching changing?

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About David M. Sadker

David Sadker has taught in middle and senior high schools, as well as at the college level, and has been a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside and American University (Washington, DC) for more than three decades. He and his late wife Myra Sadker, gained a national reputation for research and publications concerning the impact of gender in schools. (To learn more about Myras life and work, visit www.sadker.org). Dr. Sadker has degrees from CCNY, Harvard University, and the University of Massachusetts. He has written several books and numerous articles in both professional and popular journals. He co-authored Failing at Fairness: How Our Schools Cheat Girls, (Touchstone Press in 1995), and his research has been reported in hundreds of newspapers and magazines including USA Today, USA Weekend, Parade Magazine, Business Week, The Washington Post, The London Times, The New York Times, Time, and Newsweek. He has appeared on local and national television and radio shows such as The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Phil Donahues The Human Animal, National Public Radios All Things Considered and Talk of the Nation, and twice on Dateline: NBC with Jane Pauley. The Sadkers received the American Educational Research Associations award for the best review of research published in the United States (1991), their professional service award in 1995, and their Willystine Goodsell award in 2004. The Sadkers were recognized with the Eleanor Roosevelt Award from The American Association of University Women in 1995, and the Gender Architect Award from the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education in 2001. David Sadker has received two honorary doctorates. Karen R. Zittleman came to American University as a graduate student, worked with Dr. Sadker on gender equity research, then began researching teacher education issues, and now has graduated to co-author of this text. Karen brings both energy and insights to this textbook. Karen attended the University of Wisconsin for her bachelors degree, and American University for her masters and doctorate. She teaches at American Universitys School of Education, and has been a virtual teacher for several courses offered online through the Womens Educational Equity Act. Her articles about gender, Title IX, and teacher education appear in the Journal of Teacher Education, Educational Leadership, Phi Delta Kappan, Principal and other professional journals. She is a contributing author to Teaching and Gender Equity: Foundations, Skills, Methods and Strategies (Lawrence Erlbaum publishers), and has created several equity websites. Karen has also authored Making Public Schools Great for Every Girl and Boy, an instructional guide on promoting equity in math and science instruction (National Educational Association), and educational film guides for A Hero for Daisy and Apple Pie: Raising Champions. She is project manager for Myra Sadker Advocates. Karens research interests have focused on educational equity, foundations of education, teacher preparation, and spirituality in education.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Teaching Profession and YouChapter 2: Different Ways of Learning
Chapter 3: Teaching Your Diverse Students
Chapter 4: Student Life in School and at Home
Chapter 5: The Multicultural History of American Education
Chapter 6: Philosophy of Education
Chapter 7: Financing and Governing America's Schools
Chapter 8: School Law and Ethics
Chapter 9: Purposes of America's Schools and the Current Reform Movement
Chapter 10: Curriculum, Standards, and Testing
Chapter 11: Becoming an Effective Teacher


Online Appendices: Available in the Connect eBook


Glossary G-1


Notes N-1


Credits C-1


Index I-1

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CIN1259913791G
9781259913792
1259913791
Teachers, Schools, and Society: A Brief Introduction to Education by David M. Sadker
David M. Sadker
Used - Good
Paperback
McGraw-Hill Education
20171220
416
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