Teaching Today : An Introduction to Education

This popular text helps future teachers develop a broad understanding of the complex world of education. With an emphasis on topics that are relevant to the classrooms students will enter as educators, the authors provide basic information and alternative perspectives on the issues. Students see how to develop their own personal perspectives, and track their growth toward becoming professional educators. The focus is on developing a broad understanding of the complex world of education, and producing quality teachers who have a clear grasp of the basic issues, coupled with a strong does of the realities of teaching today. The text has been organized to help students concentrate on three major areas of importance to today s teachers: The Changing Profession, Working with Students, and Forces Shaping Educational Policies and Practices.

 

The new Ninth Edition features:

• To enhance affordability and portability this exciting new assessment text is available as a Pearson eText.  With the eText students can easily take and share notes, highlight, and search for key concepts. 
• Thorough updating of the research and knowledge base;
• Inclusion of additional examples of popular learning features, such as Disposition Check, Critical Incident, and A Day in the Life scenarios;
• Inclusion of new education standards and other reform efforts;
• Special attention to differences in the behaviors of teachers in low-achievement schools whose students experience high achievements; and
• Special attention to the differences in schooling in those countries that consistently outperform U.S. students in science and mathematics.