Explore why the fundamentals of American education are important to today′s teachers and learners.
Foundations of American Education reveals how the evolution of education affects teaching and learning today. You′ll examine the philosophical and historical roots of education, as well as its current structures, and explore the real-life challenges facing the future of education and the teaching profession.
For courses in introduction / foundations of education.
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Learn why the fundamentals of American education are important to today’s teachers―and how the evolution of education affects today’s teaching and learning.
This classic text focuses on helping students become highly qualified teachers by connecting theory and practice, examining the philosophical and historical roots of education as well as its current structures, and exploring the real-life challenges facing teachers and the future of education and the teaching profession. Comprehensive, up to date, and balanced it shows students how to read, think about, and respond to current educational issues; asks them to reflect on how the past influences education today; and helps to prepare them to become professional educators. The new edition provides a fresh look at such topics as government involvement in education, the national standards, student achievement data, charter schools, and the minority to majority demographic shift in the student population.
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