Teaching In the Middle School - Softcover

Manning, M.; Bucher, Katherine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0132487357 ISBN 13: 9780132487351

Publisher: Pearson, 2011

Synopsis

Based on the belief that effective middle school teaching practices must be developmentally responsive, this core text provides an insightful introduction to young adolescents ages 10 to 15, and to the middle school and middle school movement. Coverage balances the practical and the theoretical to provide all of the essential knowledge today's middle school teacher needs concerning the development and characteristics of adolescents; principles, goals, and attributes of the middle school movement; and, organization, curricula, strategies, and concepts of contemporary middle schools. The authors emphasize the diversity of adolescents - in development, culture, gender, and sexual orientation - and the importance that these differences portend for educational experiences and guidance efforts.

About this title

From the Back Cover

“This text is instrumental in our learning. This text keeps us from getting "lost" in the adolescence wilderness as we hunt for developmental and culturally responsive ideas and methods of middle level teaching! We are able to stay on track and at the end of the trail find out how much readiness we have developed, collectively, to be developmentally and culturally responsive middle school educators. Thank you, Lee and Katherine, for a text that continues to make this course I teach rich in content, questions, ideas and learning.” – Dr. Dr. Maribeth Juraska, Aurora University

 

Teaching in the Middle School, Fourth Edition, is a must have for all pre-service teachers considering a career in middle school education. This brief text provides the practical strategies you will need to be successful in a middle grades classroom and the theory you need to know to support each practice.

 

Explore this text to learn about the following:

·    Policies and practices in middle schools today

·    Developmental trajectories for young adolescents

·    Planning for educational experiences that are developmentally responsive for young adolescents

 

New to this edition:

•   Expanded coverage of important topics prepare you for teaching in today’s schools include:
• Information on diverse learners in the middle school
• Educating for social justice
• Culturally responsive educational experiences
• Diagnostic assessments of young adolescents from culturally different backgrounds
• The elemiddle school movement
• The hidden curriculum
• Backwards design of instruction or the understanding of design
• Updated Curriculum and Instruction coverage including information on unpacking standards, interdisciplinary teaching, multicultural curriculum framework, Project CRISS, and information literacy and technology.
• Theory into Practice and Diversity Perspectives features, revised to reflect the most current information and issues in the field.
• Updated website references, Keeping Current with Technology internet links, Suggested Readings, and References throughout the text.

 

About the Author

Dr. Katherine Toth Bucher

 

In 2008, Dr. Katherine Toth Bucher retired as professor emerita from the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia where she served as assistant department chair and graduate program director for the elementary, middle school, and library science programs. She has written several books including Teaching in the Middle School; Classroom Management: Models Applications and Cases; and Books about the Middle East: Selecting and Using Them with Children and Adolescents, as well as numerous articles and book chapters.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0132487357
• ISBN 13: 9780132487351
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 328