Lenses on Teaching: Developing Perspectives on Classroom Life

An introduction to teaching and methods for the student with extensive field exposure, LENSES ON TEACHING, THIRD EDITION, is a combined workbook and text meant to focus student teacher observations in elementary and secondary classrooms. The authors address issues such as, cultural diversity in the classroom, ethics, and school reform and restructuring, with readings and exercises designed to fit cohesively with virtually any core text. Discussions and topics maximize classroom creativity and are easily modified to fit specific field sites and concepts. Designed to successfully function as a field guide or supplement to an introductory or methods text. LENSES ON TEACHING includes readings, observations, and structured interviewing tasks. Core activities, journal entries, and references for each chapter provide support for theory and direction for application.

Leigh Chiarelott is a Professor of Education at Bowling Green State University (OH), where he is also Director of the School of Teaching and Learning. He has over 35 years of experience in teaching at the junior high, high school, and university levels. His research interests are in the areas of curriculum theory, design and development, and in teacher education theory and practice. Chiarelott is also author of CURRICULUM IN CONTEXT: DESIGNING CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING IN CONTEXT (Wadsworth, 2006).

KEVIN RYAN is a former professor of education at Boston University who earned his PhD from Stanford University. He is also the founding director of the well-known Center for the Advancement of Ethics and Character. Dr. Ryan, a former high school English teacher, has written and edited 20 books and over 100 articles on teacher and character education. His distinguished career includes having been on the faculties of the University of Chicago, Ohio State University, and the University of Lisbon, Portugal. He is also the author (with James M. Cooper) of Teaching for Student Learning: Becoming a Master Teacher, (c) 2012 (Cengage), Those Who Can, Teach 13/e, (c) 2012 (Cengage), and the editor of Kaleidoscope: Contemporary and Classic Readings in Education 13/e, (c) 2012 (Cengage).