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Foundations of Education incorporates relevant interdisciplinary perspectives and emphasizes coverage of key issues in education, with up-to-date research, primary resources, and documentation. This text provides comprehensive and substantive coverage of all foundational areas--including social, philosophical, historical, political, economic, curricular, and legal--for students who are preparing for a career in teaching and for those who simply wish to learn more about significant contemporary issues in education. The authors have included strong, thought-provoking pedagogy, and have emphasized the growing role of technology in education, especially in the new Technology@School feature.New! ...
Foundations of Educationprovides comprehensive and substantive coverage of all foundational areas and emphasizes significant contemporary issues in education. It has a solid research base drawn extensively from primary sources, current references, and documentation. The "Technology@School" feature updates students on relevant developments regarding educational technology and provides information that students can apply during their teaching careers. The authors expanded coverage of standards and accountability to address the growing emphasis on holding students, teachers, and schools accountable for meeting local, state, and national standards. "Refocus Questions" help reinforce students' comprehension, and chapter-opening "Focus Questions" provide students with an advance outline of each chapter's material.
Highly respected in the introduction to educational foundations market, Foundations of Education provides a comprehensive overview and analysis of topics and material typically taught in foundations courses. This text is written for the student who is preparing for a teaching career and needs to understand the key educational issues and policies affecting American education. The comprehensive and substantive coverage includes all foundational areas: social, philosophical, historical, political, economic, curricular, and legal. New features in the Tenth Edition provide a greater emphasis on the theme From Pre-Service to Practice, helping the authors fulfill their goal of preparing students fo...
"A wonderful collection that addresses issues important in today′s classrooms. This is an invaluable tool for any educator willing to strive for personal, student, and schoolwide excellence."--Gayla LeMay, Social Studies Teacher Louise Radloff Middle School, Duluth, GA "Presseisen has skillfully assembled an exceptionally fine collection of articles."--Burt Saxon, Adjunct Professor Yale University and Southern Connecticut State University A vast world of thought, inquiry, and wisdom for educating all learners. This remarkable collection features an interview with Howard Gardner and includes contributions from such luminaries as Robert J. Sternberg, Robert R. Spillane, Arthur L. Costa, Lind...
Despite the vast amount of research on teaching, very little of it has related overall theoretical perspectives to general principles of teaching and instruction. Keenly aware of this, Ornstein's primary criteria for selection of the material in this book is its value to those concerned with the practice of teaching and instruction and with the interaction of students with teachers. Institutionalized Learning in America mixes theory and practice, presenting proven methods that are based on research and that have been demonstrated to work. No one set of strategies or methods is offered, providing the reader with the opportunity to select from many different approaches. The book is divided int...
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