Teach

Introduction to Education
Fifth Edition
Janice Koch - Emerita, Hofstra University
Teach
February 2023 | 264 pages | Sage US
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Recipient of the 2024 Textbook & Academic Authors Association (TAA) Textbook Excellence Award
This award recognizes excellence in current textbooks and learning materials.

Through a concise but wide-ranging exploration of the American public education system, Teach: Introduction to Education asks readers to imagine themselves in the classroom and develop their own ideas of what it means to be a teacher. Combining historical and contemporary perspectives, along with real-life classroom stories, Koch helps future teachers examine the ways in which society and culture shape schools. The Fifth Edition of this best-selling text features emerging issues in education, including developments in technology in the classroom; school choice and homeschooling; sexual orientation and gender identity; diversity, equity, and inclusion; the importance of personal wellness in teacher success; and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic to reflect the ways students, teachers, and classrooms have been altered by this historic event.

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Contents

Part I • Thinking About Teaching: Making The Decision

  • Chapter 1 • Becoming a Teacher: Looking Forward and Backward at the Same Time
  • Looking Backward: Talking About Teaching
  • Looking Forward: The Profession
  • The Workplace: School Climate and School Culture
  • An Era of Testing and Standardization
  • Chapter 2 • Teaching Stories
  • Taking the Roll Call for Students and Teachers
  • Excitement and Challenges in Teaching
  • Teaching and Vision
  • Support for Teachers
  • Teachers as Lifelong Learners

Part II • Educational Foundations: History And Instructional Practices

  • Chapter 3 • A History of Schooling in America
  • An Introduction to the History of U.S. Public Education
  • The Swinging Pendulum: Dominant Philosophies Influencing Education
  • Educational Reform: Funding, Priorities, and Standards, Standards, Standards
  • NCLB and ESSA
  • Reopening and Recovering: The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic
  • Chapter 4 • What Does It Mean to Teach and to Learn?
  • Can Anyone Teach?
  • Pedagogy and Instruction
  • How People Learn
  • What Is a Curriculum?
  • Antiracist Teaching
  • Assessment: How Do We Know What They Know?

Part III • Looking At Today’s Schools

  • Chapter 5 • Who Are Today’s Students?
  • The Students: A Changing Landscape
  • Students Who Are at Risk
  • Student Diversity: Challenges and Opportunities
  • Multiple Intelligences
  • Teaching the Broad Range of Diverse Students
  • Chapter 6 • Contemporary Trends in Education
  • The Inclusion Classroom
  • The Education of Gifted and Talented Students
  • Differentiated Instruction
  • Social and Emotional Learning
  • The Power of Projects and Problems for Student Learning
  • The Achievement Gap
  • Creating a Safe School Climate: The Concern About Violence in Schools
  • Students’ Rights and Teachers’ Rights and Responsibilities
  • Chapter 7 • Classroom Teaching and Technology
  • Students and Social Media
  • Classrooms and Smartphones
  • The Problem of Information Overload
  • The Internet, Teaching, and Learning
  • Internet Safety
  • The Digital Divide
  • Technology for Students With Special Needs
  • Chapter 8 • The Global Classroom
  • Online Education in the Knowledge Economy
  • Globalization and Learning
  • Teaching in the Global Classroom

Part IV • Classrooms, Communities, And You

  • Chapter 9 • The Classroom as Community
  • Building Community in the Classroom
  • Preventing Harassment and Bullying
  • School Safety and Gun Violence Prevention
  • Classroom Community and Goodness of Fit
  • Chapter 10 • Making the Decision to Become a Teacher
  • Teaching in the 21st Century During and Emerging From Covid-19
  • Goodness of Fit
  • Getting Started in the Teaching Profession
  • Build Your Teaching Portfolio

Appendix 1 • Building Your Teaching Portfolio

Appendix 1 • Building Your Teaching Portfolio

Appendix 2 • How to Contact Your State’s Teacher Licensure Offices

Appendix 2 • How to Contact Your State’s Teacher Licensure Offices

Glossary

Glossary

References

References

Index

Index

Description

Recipient of the 2024 Textbook & Academic Authors Association (TAA) Textbook Excellence Award
This award recognizes excellence in current textbooks and learning materials.

Through a concise but wide-ranging exploration of the American public education system, Teach: Introduction to Education asks readers to imagine themselves in the classroom and develop their own ideas of what it means to be a teacher. Combining historical and contemporary perspectives, along with real-life classroom stories, Koch helps future teachers examine the ways in which society and culture shape schools. The Fifth Edition of this best-selling text features emerging issues in education, including developments in technology in the classroom; school choice and homeschooling; sexual orientation and gender identity; diversity, equity, and inclusion; the importance of personal wellness in teacher success; and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic to reflect the ways students, teachers, and classrooms have been altered by this historic event.

This title is accompanied by a complete teaching and learning package.
  • Learning Platform / Courseware
    SAGE Vantage     is an intuitive learning platform that integrates quality SAGE textbook content with assignable multimedia activities and auto-graded assessments to drive student engagement and ensure accountability. Unparalleled in its ease of use and built for dynamic teaching and learning, Vantage offers customizable LMS integration and best-in-class support. It’s a learning platform you, and your students, will actually love. Select the Vantage tab on this page to learn more.
    • Assignable Video with Assessment
      Assignable video (available in SAGE Vantage) is tied to learning objectives and curated exclusively for this text to bring concepts to life. Watch a sample video now.

  • LMS Cartridge: Import this title’s instructor resources into your school’s learning management system (LMS) and save time. Don’t use an LMS? You can still access all of the same online resources for this title via the password-protected Instructor Resource Site. Select the Resources tab on this page to learn more.


Contents

Part I • Thinking About Teaching: Making The Decision

  • Chapter 1 • Becoming a Teacher: Looking Forward and Backward at the Same Time
  • Looking Backward: Talking About Teaching
  • Looking Forward: The Profession
  • The Workplace: School Climate and School Culture
  • An Era of Testing and Standardization
  • Chapter 2 • Teaching Stories
  • Taking the Roll Call for Students and Teachers
  • Excitement and Challenges in Teaching
  • Teaching and Vision
  • Support for Teachers
  • Teachers as Lifelong Learners

Part II • Educational Foundations: History And Instructional Practices

  • Chapter 3 • A History of Schooling in America
  • An Introduction to the History of U.S. Public Education
  • The Swinging Pendulum: Dominant Philosophies Influencing Education
  • Educational Reform: Funding, Priorities, and Standards, Standards, Standards
  • NCLB and ESSA
  • Reopening and Recovering: The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic
  • Chapter 4 • What Does It Mean to Teach and to Learn?
  • Can Anyone Teach?
  • Pedagogy and Instruction
  • How People Learn
  • What Is a Curriculum?
  • Antiracist Teaching
  • Assessment: How Do We Know What They Know?

Part III • Looking At Today’s Schools

  • Chapter 5 • Who Are Today’s Students?
  • The Students: A Changing Landscape
  • Students Who Are at Risk
  • Student Diversity: Challenges and Opportunities
  • Multiple Intelligences
  • Teaching the Broad Range of Diverse Students
  • Chapter 6 • Contemporary Trends in Education
  • The Inclusion Classroom
  • The Education of Gifted and Talented Students
  • Differentiated Instruction
  • Social and Emotional Learning
  • The Power of Projects and Problems for Student Learning
  • The Achievement Gap
  • Creating a Safe School Climate: The Concern About Violence in Schools
  • Students’ Rights and Teachers’ Rights and Responsibilities
  • Chapter 7 • Classroom Teaching and Technology
  • Students and Social Media
  • Classrooms and Smartphones
  • The Problem of Information Overload
  • The Internet, Teaching, and Learning
  • Internet Safety
  • The Digital Divide
  • Technology for Students With Special Needs
  • Chapter 8 • The Global Classroom
  • Online Education in the Knowledge Economy
  • Globalization and Learning
  • Teaching in the Global Classroom

Part IV • Classrooms, Communities, And You

  • Chapter 9 • The Classroom as Community
  • Building Community in the Classroom
  • Preventing Harassment and Bullying
  • School Safety and Gun Violence Prevention
  • Classroom Community and Goodness of Fit
  • Chapter 10 • Making the Decision to Become a Teacher
  • Teaching in the 21st Century During and Emerging From Covid-19
  • Goodness of Fit
  • Getting Started in the Teaching Profession
  • Build Your Teaching Portfolio

Appendix 1 • Building Your Teaching Portfolio

Appendix 1 • Building Your Teaching Portfolio

Appendix 2 • How to Contact Your State’s Teacher Licensure Offices

Appendix 2 • How to Contact Your State’s Teacher Licensure Offices

Glossary

Glossary

References

References

Index

Index

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Introduction to Education

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February 2023 | 264 pages | Sage US

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Recipient of the 2024 Textbook & Academic Authors Association (TAA) Textbook Excellence Award
This award recognizes excellence in current textbooks and learning materials.

Through a concise but wide-ranging exploration of the American public education system, Teach: Introduction to Education asks readers to imagine themselves in the classroom and develop their own ideas of what it means to be a teacher. Combining historical and contemporary perspectives, along with real-life classroom stories, Koch helps future teachers examine the ways in which society and culture shape schools. The Fifth Edition of this best-selling text features emerging issues in education, including developments in technology in the classroom; school choice and homeschooling; sexual orientation and gender identity; diversity, equity, and inclusion; the importance of personal wellness in teacher success; and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic to reflect the ways students, teachers, and classrooms have been altered by this historic event.

This title is accompanied by a complete teaching and learning package.
  • Learning Platform / Courseware
    SAGE Vantage     is an intuitive learning platform that integrates quality SAGE textbook content with assignable multimedia activities and auto-graded assessments to drive student engagement and ensure accountability. Unparalleled in its ease of use and built for dynamic teaching and learning, Vantage offers customizable LMS integration and best-in-class support. It’s a learning platform you, and your students, will actually love. Select the Vantage tab on this page to learn more.
    • Assignable Video with Assessment
      Assignable video (available in SAGE Vantage) is tied to learning objectives and curated exclusively for this text to bring concepts to life. Watch a sample video now.

  • LMS Cartridge: Import this title’s instructor resources into your school’s learning management system (LMS) and save time. Don’t use an LMS? You can still access all of the same online resources for this title via the password-protected Instructor Resource Site. Select the Resources tab on this page to learn more.



Table Of Contents:

  • Part I • Thinking About Teaching: Making The Decision
  • Chapter 1 • Becoming a Teacher: Looking Forward and Backward at the Same Time
  • Looking Backward: Talking About Teaching
  • Looking Forward: The Profession
  • The Workplace: School Climate and School Culture
  • An Era of Testing and Standardization
  • Chapter 2 • Teaching Stories
  • Taking the Roll Call for Students and Teachers
  • Excitement and Challenges in Teaching
  • Teaching and Vision
  • Support for Teachers
  • Teachers as Lifelong Learners
  • Part II • Educational Foundations: History And Instructional Practices
  • Chapter 3 • A History of Schooling in America
  • An Introduction to the History of U.S. Public Education
  • The Swinging Pendulum: Dominant Philosophies Influencing Education
  • Educational Reform: Funding, Priorities, and Standards, Standards, Standards
  • NCLB and ESSA
  • Reopening and Recovering: The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic
  • Chapter 4 • What Does It Mean to Teach and to Learn?
  • Can Anyone Teach?
  • Pedagogy and Instruction
  • How People Learn
  • What Is a Curriculum?
  • Antiracist Teaching
  • Assessment: How Do We Know What They Know?
  • Part III • Looking At Today’s Schools
  • Chapter 5 • Who Are Today’s Students?
  • The Students: A Changing Landscape
  • Students Who Are at Risk
  • Student Diversity: Challenges and Opportunities
  • Multiple Intelligences
  • Teaching the Broad Range of Diverse Students
  • Chapter 6 • Contemporary Trends in Education
  • The Inclusion Classroom
  • The Education of Gifted and Talented Students
  • Differentiated Instruction
  • Social and Emotional Learning
  • The Power of Projects and Problems for Student Learning
  • The Achievement Gap
  • Creating a Safe School Climate: The Concern About Violence in Schools
  • Students’ Rights and Teachers’ Rights and Responsibilities
  • Chapter 7 • Classroom Teaching and Technology
  • Students and Social Media
  • Classrooms and Smartphones
  • The Problem of Information Overload
  • The Internet, Teaching, and Learning
  • Internet Safety
  • The Digital Divide
  • Technology for Students With Special Needs
  • Chapter 8 • The Global Classroom
  • Online Education in the Knowledge Economy
  • Globalization and Learning
  • Teaching in the Global Classroom
  • Part IV • Classrooms, Communities, And You
  • Chapter 9 • The Classroom as Community
  • Building Community in the Classroom
  • Preventing Harassment and Bullying
  • School Safety and Gun Violence Prevention
  • Classroom Community and Goodness of Fit
  • Chapter 10 • Making the Decision to Become a Teacher
  • Teaching in the 21st Century During and Emerging From Covid-19
  • Goodness of Fit
  • Getting Started in the Teaching Profession
  • Build Your Teaching Portfolio
  • Appendix 1 • Building Your Teaching Portfolio
  • Appendix 2 • How to Contact Your State’s Teacher Licensure Offices
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Index

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