Charting a Professional Course: Issues and Controversies in Education - Softcover

Kauchak, Don P.; Eggen, Paul D.; Burbank, Mary D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131133713 ISBN 13: 9780131133716

Publisher: Pearson, 2004

Synopsis

This text is designed to provide readers with the knowledge and understanding needed to make informed decisions about key educational issues in today's world and knowledge to not only shape their own personal professional growth but also the future of education. Articles: are timely and accessible; reflect different perspectives in order to encourage critical thought and debate; offer the thinking of a wide range of writers reflecting these different perspectives, including David Berliner, Larry Cuban, Elliot Eisner, Martin Haberman, and Sonia Nieto; and are organized topically under such headings as Diversity, Schools, Curriculum, Instruction, Technology, Governance and Finance, Teachers and Teacher Education, Foundations, and Educational Reform. overview of the major issues; Article Overviews introduce each article, framing it in terms of its contribution to the field; Think About This questions direct the reader to key points or issues in the article; A Personal Reflection, the last question for each article, asks readers to apply the contents of the article to their own teaching situation; and Additional Resources at the end of each section are designed to encourage the reader to explore topics further, either through Additional Readings or Exploring the Internet. A Correlating Table on the inside front and back covers links the articles in this text to topics typically covered in Introduction to Education and Foundations of Education texts. Arranged alphabetically by topic, the table allows students and instructors to cross reference articles in this text to topics discussed in other texts, including the authors' own Introduction to Teaching: Becoming a Professional, Second Edition.

About this title

About the Author

Mary D. Burbank is a Clinical Instructor and Director of Program Evaluation at The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. She is a member of the American Educational Research Association and received the 2006 University of Utah Faculty Community Service Award.

From the Back Cover

This text is designed to provide readers with the knowledge and understanding needed to make informed decisions about key educational issues in today's world and knowledge to not only shape their own personal professional growth but also the future of education.

Articles...

• are timely and accessible.
• reflect different perspectives in order to encourage critical thought and debate.
• offer the thinking of a wide range of writers reflecting these different perspectives, including David Berliner, Larry Cuban, Elliot Eisner, Martin Haberman, and Sonia Nieto.
• are organized topically under such headings as Diversity, Schools, Curriculum, Instruction, Technology, Governance and Finance, Teachers and Teacher Education, Foundations, and Educational Reform.

Supporting Pedagogy

• Section Openers introduce each section and provide an overview of the major issues.
• Article Overviews introduce each article, framing it in terms of its contribution to the field.
• Think About This questions direct the reader to key points or issues in the article.
• A Personal Reflection, the last question for each article, asks readers to apply the contents of the article to their own teaching situation.
• Additional Resources at the end of each section are designed to encourage the reader to explore topics further, either through Additional Readings or Exploring the Internet.
• A Correlating Table on the inside front and back covers links the articles in this text to topics typically covered in Introduction to Education and Foundations of Education texts. Arranged alphabetically by topic, the table allows students and instructors to cross reference articles in this text to topics discussed in other texts, including the authors' own Introduction to Teaching: Becoming a Professional, Second Edition.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0131133713
• ISBN 13: 9780131133716
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368