Portrait of a Profession
Subtitle: Teaching and Teachers in the 21st Century (Educate US)
Contributors: David M. Moss (Editor); Wendy J. Glenn (Editor); Richard L. Schwab (Editor)
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: December 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780275982188
Subjects: Teaching skills & techniques; Education / Teaching; Education; Professional Development; Education / General; Teaching Methods & Materials - General; Aims and objectives; Philosophy; School improvement programs; Teaching; United States
First sentence: Americans like to hold a vision of a "golden age" of education, when teaching was a noble and valued profession, children were well behaved and attentive, and educational objectives were clear and simple.