Because teaching matters
By: Marleen C. Pugach.
Publisher: John Wiley; Wiley
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 445
Subjects: Teaching
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 423-434) and index.
Table of contents: title: Teaching: a career that makes a difference; title: Learning from multiple sources of knowledge. Putting what you already know about teaching into perspective ; Learning to teach: what does it mean?; title: Using the curriculum responsibly. Deciding what to teach ; More than "what is taught": school as a social institution; title: Crossing your own familiar borders to embrace diversity. Teaching students whose race, class, culture, or language differs from your own ; Teaching students with disabilities; title: Meeting the needs of individual students in the context of the classroom and the school. Organizing good schools and good classrooms ; How governing and financing schools influence teachers' work; title: Contributing actively to the profession. From job to profession: a work in progress ; Ethical and legal issues in the work of teaching ; Becoming a teacher: new visions and next steps.