Teaching in the Middle and Secondary Schools - Softcover

Callahan, Joseph F.; Clark, Leonard H.; Kellough, Richard D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 013621004X ISBN 13: 9780136210047

Publisher: Pearson, 1997

Synopsis

This book is designed to provide a practical, criterion-referenced, performance-based, model for general secondary or middle school methods. The text's unique modular format allows students to work through each module at their own pace, building confidence as each skill is mastered. Using current and practical methods of teaching, this latest edition incorporates constructivist-based theory, social-interactive learning strategies, and inquiry learning, which involve students in problem-solving situations.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Teaching in the Middle and Secondary Schools

Ninth Edition

Richard D. Kellough and Jioanna Carjuzaa

 

Teaching in the Middle and Secondary Schools, Ninth Edition is a highly practical text for pre-service teachers in middle school and secondary methods courses. Readers will find useful, ready-to-use classroom applications for planning instruction, selecting and using instructional strategies, and assessment. Each module includes exercises and posttests.

 

NEW! Activities. New to this edition, this feature provides information on practical classroom instruction followed by opportunties to apply your knoweldge.

 

NEW! Teaching Scenarios. Experience situations real teachers face in the classroom and apply chapter concepts to classroom instruction through teaching scenarios located in each chapter.

 

NEW! Technology Rich Icon. Use this icon to find exercises and activities that include technology integration or can be adapted using technology to support learning, a stronger focus in the ninth edition. 

 

NEW! Exercises for active learning. Exercies in each module help readers continually assess their understanding and skill development. Many of the exercises are now available to complete electronically on the Companion Website for this text at http://www.pearsonhighered.com/kelloughsecondary9e.

 

Updated lesson plan samples. These have been provided by pre-service and in-service teachers, as well as model lessons from teacher educators.

 

Improved balance of content between middle and secondary schools. Increased emphasis on the middle school as uniquely different from both the high school and the traditional junior high school, as well as how pre- and early adolescence as different from late adolescence.

 

Competency-based modular format. This format provides learning objectives, content, and integrated practice and reinforcement that ends with an updated posttest assessment of how well the opening objectives have been achieved.

 

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 013621004X
• ISBN 13: 9780136210047
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 468