Synopses & Reviews
Foundations of American Education
15th edition
Johnson, et al
This best-selling text prepares students for tomorrow’s classrooms through its thorough coverage of the foundations of American education, including the historical, legal, philosophical, social, and practical aspects of education. The fifteenth edition has been revised to engage future teachers in examining their changing role and the role of schools in today’s diverse society.
New to this Edition!
- Prepare Teachers to Succeed in Tomorrow’s Classrooms
- Chapter 6 Place of Schools in Society – Students are introduced to the different roles that schools play in our society. This chapter discusses the culture of schools, school choice, school levels, as well as rural, suburban, and urban schools, concluding with a discussion of effective schools.
- Chapter 13 Becoming a High-Quality Teacher in a Changing World – Students explore the changing nature of education and the importance of learning through professional development and educational research to gain a better understanding of what it takes to become a high-quality teacher.
- Integrated Coverage of Technology – Studentscan now view technology as an integrated piece of the instructional and learning process rather than a separate entity.
- Integrated Coverage of Educational Trends – Chapters conclude with a new Looking Ahead section that introduces students to educational trends related to each chapter topic. This awareness will help students think critically now about educational issues so they will be better equipped to make decisions in their classroom.
- Prepare Teachers for Diverse Classrooms
- Reflect on Diversity feature – Located in every chapter, students read about a real classroom situation dealing with diversity. Students can then apply their knowledge by going to this text’s online resource, MyEducationLab, to answer questions where they receive hints and feedback.
- Integrated diversity discussion – Students are introduced to the challenges and rewards of teaching in today’s diverse classrooms in each chapter.
- Experience the Classroom
- MyEducationLab provides easy-to-assign homework and other activities designed to engage your students and ensure that they come to class more prepared. It saves you class time that is often spent reviewing the basics and lets you devote that time to a higher-level learning experience. Informed by evidence-based practice, MyEducationLab offers a window into real K-12 classrooms with assignments providing a personalized experience to enhance learning and improve your students' performance.
- Go deeper and get a more applied understanding with the Power of Classroom Practice. Help your students develop a deeper, more applied understanding of teaching and learning. In a recent study by the Center for Instructional Innovation at the University of Nebraska, students who used Building Teaching Skills and Dispositions exercises from MyEducationLab overwhelming reported that they knew more about the concepts and strategies covered in those exercises, even when they had previously studied those concepts and strategies in their courses. More than 95% of teacher education
Synopsis
“I think this is an excellent text for a Foundations of Education course. The coverage of essential topics and the connection with today’s world are accomplished in an easy-to-read and attractive format.”
-Linda Maguire, New Kensington Campus of Penn State University
“It [This text] is comprehensive, well-organized, and written in a student-friendly manner that is ideal for our purposes…I believe that it is head and shoulders above any others I have seen.”
-Jim Dawson, Rochester College
Keeping pace with current issues and professional requirements such as standards and teacher certification, this best-selling text by respected authorities in their field offers solid coverage of the foundations of education. This new edition continues to develop successful teachers by providing a broad introduction to the foundations of education based on interesting and current discussion of important theory and practice. The book offers a thorough overview of the historical, legal, philosophical, social, and practical aspects of American education and includes features dedicated to classroom observation, INTASC standards, and teacher certification.
New to this Edition:
- New Theme! This new edition is framed by the theme “Perspectives on Education in a Changing World.” The new theme focuses on the diversity of perspectives within education and how these perspectives are affected by changes within American society and the larger world community.
- New Case Studies! Each chapter begins with a real-life case study featuring current news in education and also a series of reflection questions to tie these cases to personal teaching experience.
- New Chapter! New to this edition, Chapter 13 on Technology in a Changing World, covers basic technology concepts to help new teachers better integrate technology into their classrooms.
- MyLabSchool Activities! Each chapter of the new edition contains a section correlated to MyLabSchool, a collection of online tools developed to help students transition from student to teacher.
Updated Emphasis! In response to readers’ feedback, this new edition has increased coverage on current events and legislation in American classrooms. Coverage of teacher certification and certification testing is found in chapters 1, 5, and 11. Expanded coverage of No Child Left Behind and its effects is found in chapters 2, 3, and 4.
Synopsis
Keeping pace with current issues and professional requirements, such as standards and teacher certification, this classic text offers solid coverage of the foundations of education.
This best-selling text by respected authorities in their fields continues to develop successful teachers by providing a broad introduction to the foundations of education through interesting and current discussions of theory and practice. The book offers a thorough overview of the historical, legal, philosophical, social, and practical aspects of American education. This new edition is framed by the theme “Perspectives on Education in a Changing World”, as well as a new chapter on technology
Synopsis
This best-selling text, Foundations of American Education, prepares students for tomorrow’s classrooms through its thorough coverage of the foundations of American education, including the historical, legal, philosophical, social, and practical aspects of education. The fifteenth edition has been revised to provide a more engaging experience for future teachers as they examine their changing role and the role of schools in today’s diverse society. Readers will find integrated discussions of technology, hot educational trends, real classroom situations, and call-outs to a revolutionary new online component, MyEducationLab, that provides interactive self-assessments and video-based activities. To order this book WITHOUT MyEducationLab use this
About the Author
James A. Johnson, professor of education emeritus at Northern Illinois University, has been an educator for more than thirty-five years, serving as a public school teacher, teacher educator, and university administrator/researcher/consultant/speaker. He has been coauthor of fourteen editions of Foundations of American Education, as well as author or coauthor of three dozen other college textbooks.
Gene E. Hall, professor of educational leadership at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas (UNLV), has served for more than thirty years as a teacher educator, researcher, and university administrator. He is active in assisting teacher education institutions in their efforts to become nationally accredited. He is also internationally known for his research on the change process in schools and other types of organizations. He is the lead architect of the widely used Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM), which organizational leaders and staff developers employ in studying and facilitating the change process. In addition to coauthoring the last six editions of this text, he is coauthor of Implementing Change: Patterns, Principles and Potholes, Second Edition (Allyn & Bacon, 2006), and The Joy of Teaching: Making a Difference in Student Learning (Allyn & Bacon, 2008).
Donna M. Gollnick is senior vice president of the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), where she oversees accreditation activities. She is also past president of the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) and is a recognized authority in multicultural education. In addition to her work in teacher accreditation, she has taught in secondary schools and coauthored five editions of this text. She is also coauthor, with Philip C. Chinn, of Multicultural Education in a Pluralistic Society, Eighth Edition (Merrill, 2009) and coauthor of The Joy of Teaching (Allyn & Bacon, 2008).
Table of Contents
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I. PROFESSIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON EDUCATION IN A CHANGING WORLD
1. Teaching in a Changing World
Case Study: Heroes Every One
Learning Outcomes
Today’s Teachers
Teaching as a Profession
Challenges Affecting Teachers
Beginning and Continuing a Teaching Career
II. SOCIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION.
2. Diversity in Society
Case Study: Mother Tongue- Area Schools Find Themselves Teaching English to Thousands of Immigrant Children
Learning Outcomes
Culture and Society
Socioeconomic Status
Race and Ethnicity
Language
Gender
Sexual Orientation
Exceptionalities
Religion
3. Sociological Perspectives on Students and Families
Case Study: Culture Clash
Learning Outcomes
Today’s Families
Where Students Live
Challenges of Childhood and Youth
Power in Society
Resiliency
4. Multicultural Perspectives in Education
Case Study: Anytown Fires Up Teens to Foster Acceptance
Learning Outcomes
Roles of Schools
Purposes of Schools
Values in Schools
Multicultural Education
Challenges in Multicultural Education
Teachers as Social Activists
III. GOVERNANCE, ORGANIZATION, AND SUPPORT OF AMERICAN EDUCATION.
5. Organizing and Paying for American Education in a Changing World
Case Study: Push Is on for Magnet School at Jefferson to Attract Students
Learning Outcomes
The Structure of the American Education System
Financing Education: Sources of Funds and the Move from Equity to Adequacy
6. Legal Perspectives of Education
Case Study: The Forum- How One School District Found Religion
Learning Outcomes
Legal Aspects of Education
Teachers’ Rights and Responsibilities
Students’ Rights and Responsibilities
IV. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES OF EDUCATION.
7. The Early History of Education in a Changing World
Case Study: Teaching Patriotism–With Conviction
Learning Outcomes
The Beginnings of Education (to 476 CE)
Education in the Middle Ages (476—1300)
Education in Transition (1300—1700)
Educational Awakening (1700)
Evolving Perspectives of Education in Our Developing Nation
Meager Early Education for Diverse Populations
Private Education in America
8. Historical Perspectives of Education.
Case Study: Casualties of Segregation Receive Honorary Diplomas
Learning Outcomes
More Students and Bigger Schools
The Development of the Teaching Profession
Changing Aims of Education
Preparation of Teachers
Recent Trends in Education
V. PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION.
9. Philosophy: Reflections on the Essence of Education
Case Study: Teacher Resigns over Plagiarism Fight
Learning Outcomes
Structure and Methodology of Philosophy
Schools of Philosophy and Their Influence on Education
10. Building an Educational Philosophy for a Changing World
Case Study: Scientists Explore the Molding of Children’s Morals
Learning Outcomes
The Dynamic Relationship between Philosophy and Education
Teacher-Centered Locus-of-Control Educational Theories
Student-Centered Locus-of-Control Educational Theories
Developing Your Own Philosophy of Education
Using Philosophy of Education beyond the Classroom
VI. CURRICULAR FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION.
11. Standards-Based Education and Assessment of Student Learning
Case Study: State’s Kids Rate Low on Reading Test, National Exam Results Disappoint After School’s Efforts to Improve
Learning Outcomes
Traditional versus Standards-Based Education
Standards-Based Education
Assessment: The Other Side of Standards
Accountability
12. Designing Programs for Learners: Curriculum and Instruction
Case Study: Guidelines for Teaching English are Adopted
Learning Outcomes
Curriculum: Relating Expectations for Learning to What is Taught
Instruction: Turning Curriculum into Classroom Activities
13. Technology in a Changing World
Case Study: Technology- A Class Act
Learning Outcomes
Technology Basics
Teacher’s Use of Technology
Issues Related to the Use of Technology
A Look Ahead
14. Education in the Twenty-First Century
Case Study: Take a Hike
Learning Outcomes
The Nature of Change in the Twenty-First Century
Futurism and Transformational Trends in Twenty-First-Century Education
The Changing Profession of Education
A Vision for Twenty-First-Century Schools
Appendices
A. State Certification and Licensure Offices throughout the United States
B. Code of Ethics of the Education Profession
C. Teaching Job Websites
D. Important Dates in the History of Western Education
E. Professional Education Associations: A Selected List
Notes
Name Index
Subject Index
Photo Credits