Middle and Secondary School Instructional Methods - Softcover

Kenneth D. Moore

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0697244326 ISBN 13: 9780697244321

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 1998

Synopsis

This companion volume to Moore's 1998 Classroom Teaching Skills, 4/e on elementary school instructional methods reviews current teaching methods and provides hands-on teaching strategies for pre-service middle and high school teachers. The text is organized around the four essential components of effective teaching: foundations, preparing for instruction, implementation of instruction, and the profession. Chapter objectives, key terms, check-up questions, application questions, and a glossary help students learn. In the second edition middle school issues, techniques, and implications added to each chapter. Topics related to school reform that have been added include school-based management, charter schools, community and parental involvement, curriculum integration, equal education, block scheduling, year-round schooling, and recommendations from What Matters Most: Teaching for America's Future report (chapter 1). A completely rewritten chapter 6 on technology now includes distance learning and the Internet. Other new topics in the revision include learning styles (chapter 2), interdisciplinary teaching teams (chapter 3), thematic units (chapter 5), portfolios (chapter 10), control and conflict resolution (chapter 15), and vouchers, school choice, and recommendations from What Matters Most report (chapter 16).

About this title

About the Author

Kenneth D. Moore is Dean of the School of Education and Psychology at East Central University. He received his Ed.D. degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Houston. Dr. Moore has been involved in teacher education for more than 25 years at both the public school and higher education levels. He has authored three books, numerous journal publications, an ERIC monograph, and has presented many papers at regional and national conventions. Dr. Moore has also served as Director of the Southwest Regional Association of Teachers of Science, President of the Oklahoma Association of Teacher Educators, and President of the Oklahoma Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. Dr. Moore is presently involved in educational reform and authentic assessment and serves on the NCATE Board of Examiners (BOE).

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0697244326
• ISBN 13: 9780697244321
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 528