Teaching In the Middle School (4th Edition)
“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 topicsprepare you for teaching in today’s schools include:Information on diverse learners in the middle schoolEducating for social justiceCulturally responsive educational experiencesDiagnostic assessments of young adolescents from culturally different backgroundsThe elemiddle school movementThe hidden curriculumBackwards design of instruction or the understanding of designUpdated Curriculum and Instruction coverageincluding 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.Updatedwebsite references,Keeping Current with Technologyinternet links,Suggested Readings, andReferencesthroughout the text.