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Introduction to Education

Fifth Edition

Other Titles in:
Education Studies

February 2023 | 264 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
The fifth edition of the best-selling Teach by Janice Koch aims to help students answer the question, “Is teaching the right career for me?” Via a concise but wide-ranging exploration of the American public education system, Teach asks readers to imagine themselves in the classroom and develop their own ideas of what it means to be a teacher. Real-life classroom stories from teachers themselves help readers see themselves as teachers. Chapters feature the latest edTPA and InTasc Standards to structure learning, as well as learning outcomes and journal prompts to give readers clear goals and ways to build their teaching skills.

This new edition features major emerging issues in education, including developments in technology in the classroom, with both positive and negative implications; more on the STEM, STEAM, and maker movements; school choice and homeschooling; sexual orientation and gender identity; diversity, equity, and inclusion; and the importance of personal wellness in teacher success. Throughout the text, the author references and contextualizes the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, where appropriate, to reflect the ways students, teachers, and classrooms have been altered by this historic event.

Combining historical and contemporary perspectives, this text helps future teachers examine the ways in which society and culture shape schools and the ways in which schools shape society and culture.

 
Part I • Thinking About Teaching: Making The Decision
 
Chapter 1 • Becoming a Teacher: Looking Forward and Backward at the Same Time
 
Chapter 2 • Teaching Stories
 
Part II • Educational Foundations: History And Instructional Practices
 
Chapter 3 • A History of Schooling in America
 
Chapter 4 • What Does It Mean to Teach and to Learn?
 
Part III • Looking At Today’s Schools
 
Chapter 5 • Who Are Today’s Students?
 
Chapter 6 • Contemporary Trends in Education
 
Chapter 7 • Classroom Teaching and Technology
 
Chapter 8 • The Global Classroom
 
Part IV • Classrooms, Communities, And You
 
Chapter 9 • The Classroom as Community
 
Chapter 10 • Making the Decision to Become a Teacher
 
Appendix 1 • Building Your Teaching Portfolio
 
Appendix 2 • How to Contact Your State’s Teacher Licensure Offices
 
Glossary
 
References
 
Index

Supplements

Instructor Resourse Site
LMS cartridge included with this title for use in Blackboard, Canvas, Brightspace by Desire2Learn (D2L), and Moodle

The LMS cartridge makes it easy to import this title’s instructor resources into your learning management system (LMS). These resources include:
  • Test banks
  • Editable chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides
  • Sample course syllabi
  • Lecture notes
  • All tables and figures from the textbook
Don’t use an LMS platform?

You can still access the online resources for this title via the password-protected Instructor Resource Site.

"I especially appreciate the thorough coverage of community and student diversity.” 

Dr. Vicky Eiben
Viterbo University

“I love the technology and globalization pieces [of this text]. Our world is shrinking quickly due to our abilities to connect instantly with pretty much anyone in the world at any moment.”

Dr. Spencer Vogt
Peru State College

“Reflection. Teaching is all about reflective practice--I try to relate the book's materials with what the students are experiencing as learners as well.”

Karen Schreder
CSU Chico

“I love the idea of focusing the book on the reflective practitioner since it is important for future teachers to recognize they must be lifelong, reflective learners in order to become effective teachers.”

Madeline Craig
Molloy College

“Extensive coverage of academic vocabulary of education”

Dr. Shirley Bleidt
Texas Lutheran University

“Attractive, non-threatening, easy-to-read design for beginning education students.”

Dr. Shirley Bleidt
Texas Lutheran University

“Brings the idea of being a teacher full circle by beginning and ending with the candidate.”

Allison Turner Gunter, EdD
Muskingum University

Met program standards

Darolyn Seay
School Of Education, Peru State College
November 1, 2023