Introduction to Teaching: Helping Students Learn / Edition 1

by James Johnson, Diann Musial, Annette Johnson

Overview

Introduction to Teaching: Helping Students Learn provides students and instructors with the tools with which they can achieve the many goals of today's Introduction to Education course or its equivalent. The book introduces prospective teachers to the dynamic world of teaching and learning and to the realities of the classroom experience by providing engaging student-focused activities, rich real-life examples, and thoughtful reflective exercises that will encourage students to think critically and to develop their own ideas and personal philosophy of education. This active learning approach enables prospective teachers to develop both a knowledge core about education and the critical tools they will need to meet the challenges they will face as educators in today's fast-paced, highly connected society. By exposing students to the realities of teaching, the book will help students decide if teaching is the right career for them.

This text is built around two themes that are central to an exploration of the professional education field: student learning and diverse voices. As students consider a teaching career, it is important that they not lose sight of what is the most fundamental goal of education—to help students learn. The text will encourage students to examine each aspect of education as it relates to student learning. Additionally, as students explore the possibilities in being a teacher, they will begin to develop their own philosophy of education. This text will provide the prospective teacher with opportunities to explore multiple perspectives on a variety of issues of importance to today's teachers, and encourage the reader to develop his or her own personal voice as an educator and to make that voice heard in the educational community.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780742561700
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	09/05/2008
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	442
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.90(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

James Johnson is professor emeritus of education at Northern Illinois University and author of numerous titles in education including Foundations of American Education: Perspectives on Education in a Changing World, 14/e.

Diann Musial is professor emeritus of education at Northern Illinois University and co-author of Foundations of American Education: Perspectives on Education in a Changing World, 14/e.

Annette Johnson is an educator and International Educational Travel Consultant.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Part One: Exploring Education as a Career
Chapter 2 Chapter 1: Preparing to Teach
Part 3 Part Two: Uncovering the Foundations of Education
Chapter 4 Chapter 2: Understanding Social Context
Chapter 5 Chapter 3: Addressing Diversity in School Life
Chapter 6 Chapter 4: Learning from Educational Pioneers and their Teaching Tools
Chapter 7 Chapter 5: Evolving Your Educational Philosophy
Part 8 Part Three: Working with Students
Chapter 9 Chapter 6: Learning About Learners
Chapter 10 Chapter 7: Developing Student Learning Materials and Methods
Chapter 11 Chapter 8: Enhancing Learning with Technology
Chapter 12 Chapter 9: Evaluating Student Learning
Part 13 Part Four: Organizing and Financing Schools
Chapter 14 Chapter 10: Joining the Leadership Team in your School
Chapter 15 Chapter 11: Learning from Education Law, Policy and Politics
Part 16 Part Five: Embarking on an Exciting Educational Future
Chapter 17 Chapter 12: Making a Difference as an Educator