Teaching and Learning in the Elementary School - Hardcover

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0134489608 ISBN 13: 9780134489605

Publisher: Prentice Hall College Div, 1996

Synopsis

Appropriate for courses in General Elementary Methods.This comprehensive text continues to provide a down-to-earth exploration of the real world of elementary school teaching. It portrays elementary school teaching as a call to the service of humanity and stresses that effective teaching involves continual, thoughtful, and reflective decision-making. Composed from the most current research and practices, it presents the fundamental teaching skill categories: planning for instruction; assessing student learning; grouping children for instruction; and establishing and maintaining a safe and effective learning environment.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Written specifically for beginning teachers, this text provides a comprehensive -- yet manageable -- down-to-earth exploration of the real-world of elementary school teaching -- within a social, cultural, and political context. It provides a strong theoretical foundation built on research on effective teaching and learning; a thoughtful analysis of national status studies on education; an abundance of proven curriculum and teaching methodologies for teaching skills, subject matter, and values; and a survey of the latest developments, trends, and issues relating to the work of the beginning teacher.

From the Back Cover:

Key Benefit: Written specifically for beginning teachers, this book provides a comprehensive — yet manageable — down-to-earth exploration of the real-world of elementary school teaching — within a social, cultural, and political context. Key Topics: It provides a strong theoretical foundation built on research on effective teaching and learning; a thoughtful analysis of national status studies on education; an abundance of proven curriculum and teaching methodologies for teaching skills, subject matter, and values; and a survey of the latest developments, trends, and issues relating to the work of the beginning teacher.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall College Div
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0134489608
• ISBN 13: 9780134489605
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 385