TEACH (with CourseMate Printed Access Card) - Softcover

Koch, Janice

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9781133963394: TEACH (with CourseMate Printed Access Card)

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ISBN 10: 1133963390 ISBN 13: 9781133963394

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 2013

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Created through a student-tested, faculty-approved review process with hundreds of students and faculty, TEACH, 2nd Edition is an engaging and accessible solution to accommodate the diverse lifestyles of today's learners at a value-based price. TEACH is centered upon an underlying and thoroughly integrated objective--to help readers uncover whether they are a good fit for the teaching profession. In Part I, the author asks readers to reflect on why they want to teach and to consider who they are, and whether who they are is a teacher. In Parts II, III, and IV, the text covers the traditional topics of the course. Through both the pedagogy and the exposition, the author continually asks readers to reflect on how the information provided affects their decision to pursue teaching. Along with the theme of the text, the author stresses the two most important topics in K-12 education today and their impact in the classroom: the effect of technology and the Internet on teaching and learning, and the importance of understanding the roles that diversity and culture play in the lives of teachers and their students.

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Part I: THINKING ABOUT TEACHING: MAKING THE DECISION. 1. Becoming a Teacher: Looking Forward and Backward at the Same Time. 2. Teaching Stories. Part II: THE EVOLUTION OF SCHOOLS AND TEACHING PRACTICES. 3. A History of Schooling in America. 4. Exploring the Nature of Teaching and Learning. Part III: LOOKING AT TODAY'S SCHOOLS. 5. Who Are Today's Students? 6. Contemporary Trends in Education. 7. The Digital Revolution and Education. 8. Globalization and Education. Part IV: CLASSROOMS, COMMUNITIES, AND YOU. 9. The Classroom as Community. 10. Making the Decision to Become a Teacher.

About the Author:

Janice Koch is Professor Emeritus of Science Education in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching at Hofstra University, Long Island, New York. She developed and taught science education courses to elementary, middle, and secondary pre-and in-service teachers. Additionally, she taught courses addressing: Introduction to Education, Action Research, Qualitative Research, and Gender Issues in the classroom. Dr. Koch shares her passion for teaching and learning through presentations as well as through her introduction to education text TEACH, 3rd Edition (2016, Cengage Learning). Her acclaimed textbook SCIENCE STORIES has been used by thousands of pre-service and in-service educators interested in creating meaningful science experiences for their students. She and her husband currently reside in Central Maryland, where she consults on education projects across the country and internationally and evaluates grant funded science education initiatives. She presented her work at Oxford University in 2014.

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