Introduction to Teaching: Making a Difference in Student Learning - Softcover

Hall, Gene Erwin; Quinn, Linda F.; Gollnick, Donna M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1452202915 ISBN 13: 9781452202914

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2013

Synopsis

Introduction to Teaching: Making a Difference in Student Learning is the ideal beginning text for aspiring teachers. The acclaimed authors thoroughly prepare students to make a difference as teachers, presenting first-hand stories and evidence-based practices while offering a student-centered approach to learning.

 

The authors focus on how to address one of the biggest challenges facing many of today's schools - making sure that all students are learning - and help teachers make student learning the primary focus in all that they do. From true-to-life challenges that teachers will face (high-stakes testing, reduced funding, low rentention, Common Core Standards) to the inspiration and joy they will discover throughout their teaching careers, this text paints a realistic picture of the real life of a teacher.

 

Features & Benefits

 

-Also available as an Interactive eBook, which integrated links to engaging video and audio as well as access to complete academic and professional articles

-Chapter-opening Teacher Interviews include questions and responses from teachers and school leaders

-Video Case boxes feature classroom footage and interviews of teachers with accompanying questions to tie back to learning objectives

-Challenging Assumptions boxes use scholarly research to help debunk myths about teaching

-Understanding and Using Evidence boxes help readers examine a set of data, develop an interpretation, and offer a recommendation

-Teachers' Lounge features provide students with inspirational, joyful, or humorous stories, as reported by a teacher

-Focus questions help direct students to the main concepts of the chapter

-End-of-chapter pedagogical features include chapter summaries, discussion questions, field guide, self-assessments, field guides, tips for building a portfolio, and more.

 

The free Student Study Site at www.sagepub.com/hall features original classroom video footage and interviews with teachers at the elementary and high school levels, as well as eFlashcards, web quizzes, SAGE journal articles, audio links, and more!

About this title

Review

“[I would be] likely [to adopt this textbook]. I like the ‘extras’ besides just a standard textbook. The beginning and end-of-chapter features are very appealing. We are meeting currently to try to breathe life back into our Introduction course...which has become so bogged down in content knowledge, we have ignored curiosity and problem solving skills. This textbook appears to be on the same mission.” (Dana Hilbert)

“I am very likely to adopt this book for a course; I have enjoyed the review and feel that it would best meet the needs of my students in the foundations of education courses.” (Amanda Lee Glaze)

“I would very likely adopt this textbook for my course. It presents a wealth of information without being overwhelming for beginning education students. I also really like the pedagogical features. They give the students plenty of opportunities to critically engage with the material.” (Tanisha Billingslea)

About the Author

Gene E. Hall currently is a Professor of Urban Leadership at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He has had a career-long involvement with the development of programs and national accreditation of teacher education. He began his career as the science methods instructor and faculty team member for the experimental Personalized Teacher Education Program (PTEP) at the national R&D Center for Teacher Education, The University of Texas at Austin. Subsequently he was a faculty member at the University of Florida and the University of Northern Colorado. He has twice been the dean of a college of education. He also has had career-long involvement with studies of the change process and development of tools and applications of the Concerns Based Adoption Model (CBAM). He is coauthor of Implementing Change: Patterns, Principles and Potholes (4th edition), and The Foundations of Education (16th edition).

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1452202915
• ISBN 13: 9781452202914
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 584