Synopses & Reviews
Ever since its first edition, education professors have relied on the Sadkers for their comprehensive coverage of all aspects of American education. Teachers, Schools, and Society provides in-depth coverage of the foundations of education (history, philosophy, governance, and law) while also presenting a clear overview of what it means to be a teacher today, and including commentary on current critical topics. Most importantly, a multicultural/diversity-oriented approach is taken in every chapter to provide the most integrated and thorough coverage of diversity in any introduction to education textbook.Written in an informal and highly engaging style that appeals to students, Teachers, Schools, and Society is punctuated throughout with interesting features. The pedagogical system is expanded and refined in the sixth edition to provide extensive student support. New to the text is an interactive element that integrates reflection into all features and that links students to the Online Learning Center to perform interactive activities and to find additional resources.Combine comprehensive coverage; an engaging, interactive pedagogical system; and unsurpassable integrated coverage of diversity with an excellent author team, detailed appendices, and a complete supplements package, and you have an extraordinary resource for introductory coverage of American education.
About the Author
David Miller Sadker is currently Professor of Education and Director of the Master of Arts in Teaching Program at American University. With his wife, Myra, who passed away in 1995, he coauthored five books, including Teachers, Schools, and Society (McGraw-Hill) and Failing at Fairness: How Our Schools Cheat Girls (Touchstone Press, 1995). More than fifty of their articles have appeared in Phi Delta Kappan, Harvard Educational Review, Educational Leadership, and other professional journals. Their research and writing efforts received distinguished achievement awards from the American Educational Research Association, The American Association of University Women, the Educational Press Association, the American University, Harvard University, and the University of Massachusetts. Dr. Sadker’s research interests have focused on foundations of education, educational equity, teacher preparation, and curriculum. He has codirected numerous grants funded by the U.S. Department of Education. He has conducted teaching and equity workshops for principals, teachers, and professors in over forty states and overseas.
Table of Contents
PART I: Teachers and StudentsChapter 1: Becoming a TeacherWhat Are You Doing for the Rest of Your Life?Do Teachers Like Teaching?Professionalism at the CrossroadsFrom Normal Schools to Board-Certified TeachersTeacher Education TodayOn DisciplineOn CompetitionOn Honesty and DependabilityOn Urban Legends about TeachingSouthwest Airlines and TeachingWe Like QuestionsSummaryKey Terms and PeopleDiscussion Questions and ActivitiesReel to Real TeachingFor Further ReadingChapter 2: Student DiversityDifferent Ways of LearningMultiple Intelligences and Emotional IntelligenceCultural DiversityTeaching Them AllCulture and EducationMulticultural EducationBilingual EducationExceptional LearnersExceptional Learners: An Exceptional Struggle for Educational RightsThe Gifted and TalentedSummaryKey Terms and PeopleDiscussion Questions and ActivitiesReel to Real TeachingFor Further ReadingChapter 3: Teacher EffectivenessAre Teachers Born, or Made?The Mysterious Case of Teacher EffectivenessAcademic Learning TimeClassroom ManagementThe Pedagogical CycleClarity and Academic StructureQuestioningStudent ResponseReaction or Productive FeedbackVariety in Process and ContentModels for Effective InstructionDirect TeachingCooperative LearningMastery LearningProblem-Based LearningEffective and Reflective TeachingSummaryKey Terms and PeopleDiscussion Questions and ActivitiesReel to Real TeachingFor Further ReadingInter-mission IntroductionInter-mission Part 1 Teachers and StudentsPART II: Schools and CurriculumChapter 4: Schools: Choices and ChallengesA Meeting Here TonightThe Purposes of SchoolPurpose 1: To Transmit Society's Knowledge and Values (Passing the Cultural Baton)Purpose 2: Reconstructing Society (Schools as Tools for Change)Public Demands for SchoolsWhere Do You Stand?Education ReformBeyond the Neighborhood Public SchoolThe Choice ConceptMagnet SchoolsOpen EnrollmentVouchersCharter SchoolsEMOs (Educational Maintenance Organizations): Schools for ProfitIs Choice a Good Idea?Home Schools, Home TeachersSummaryKey Terms and PeopleDiscussion Questions and ActivitiesReel to Real TeachingFor Further ReadingChapter 5: Life in SchoolsRules, Rituals, and Routines"Come Right Up and Get Your New Books": A Teacher's Perspective"Come Right Up and Get Your New Books": A Student's PerspectiveDelay and Social DistractionWatching the ClockThe Teacher as GatekeeperThe Other Side of the TracksThe Power of Elementary Peer GroupsGUEST COLUMN: Haunted by Racist AttitudesHigh School's Adolescent SocietyThe Affective Side of School ReformWhat Makes a School Effective?Factor 1: Strong LeadershipFactor 2: A Clear School MissionFactor 3: A Safe and Orderly ClimateFactor 4: Monitoring Student ProgressFactor 5: High ExpectationsA Note of Caution on Effective Schools ResearchBeyond Five FactorsSummaryKey Terms and PeopleDiscussion Questions and ActivitiesReel to Real TeachingFor Further ReadingChapter 6: What Students are Taught in SchoolsWhat Is a Curriculum?The Extracurriculum The Hidden or Implicit CurriculumThe Formal or Explicit CurriculumThe Curriculum Time Machine: A Historical PerspectiveTime Capsule 1: The Two Rs in the Seventeenth CenturyTime Capsule 2: Curricula in the Eighteenth CenturyTime Capsule 3: A Secularized Curriculum for Students in the Nineteenth CenturyTime Capsule 4: Progressive Education in the First Half of the Twentieth CenturyTime Capsule 5: Sputnik in Space and Structure in Knowledge, 1940s-1960sTime Capsule 6: Social Concern and Relevance, 1960s-1970sTime Capsule 7: Back to Basics and a Core Curriculum, 1980s-2002The Subjects of the Formal CurriculumLanguage Arts and EnglishSocial StudiesMathematicsScienceForeign LanguagesTechnologyThe ArtsPhysical EducationHealthVocational and Career EducationNew Directions for the CurriculumSummaryKey Terms and PeopleDiscussion Questions and ActivitiesReel to Real TeachingFor Further ReadingChapter 7: Controversy Over Who Controls the CurriculumThe Faculty RoomWho and What Shape the Curriculum?TeachersParental and Community GroupsStudentsAdministratorsThe Federal GovernmentThe State GovernmentLocal GovernmentColleges and UniversitiesStandardized TestsEducation Commissions and CommitteesProfessional OrganizationsSpecial Interest GroupsPublishersThe Standards MovementTests and ProtestsAlternatives to High-Stakes TestingThe Textbook Shapes the CurriculumSeven Forms of BiasInvisibilityStereotypingImbalance and SelectivityUnrealityFragmentation and IsolationLinguistic BiasCosmetic BiasReligious FundamentalismCensorship and the CurriculumCultural Literacy or Cultural ImperialismThe Saber-Tooth Curriculum SummaryKey Terms and PeopleDiscussion Questions and ActivitiesReel to Real TeachingFor Further ReadingInter-mission Part 2 Schools and CurriculumPART III: FoundationsChapter 8: The History of American EducationChristopher Lamb's Colonial ClassroomColonial New England Education: God's ClassroomsA New Nation Shapes EducationThe Common School MovementSpinsters, Bachelors, and Gender Barriers in TeachingThe Secondary School MovementSchool Reform EffortsJohn Dewey and Progressive EducationThe Federal GovernmentThe World We Created at Hamilton High: A SchoolographyA Super School (If You're on the Right Side of the Tracks), 1953-1965Social Unrest Comes to School, 1966-1971The Students' Turn, 1972-1979New Students, Old School, 1980-1985Hall of Fame: Profiles in EducationSummaryKey Terms and PeopleDiscussion Questions and ActivitiesReel to Real TeachingFor Further ReadingChapter 9: Philosophy of EducationFinding Your Philosophy of EducationInventory of Philosophies of EducationInterpreting Your ResponsesFive Philosophies of EducationTeacher-Centered PhilosophiesEssentialismPerenialismStudent-Centered PhilosophiesProgressivism Social ReconstructionismExistentialismPsychological Influences on EducationConstructivismBehaviorismCultural Influences on EducationThe Three Legendary Figures of Classical Western PhilosophyBasic Philosophical Issues and ConceptsMetaphysics and EpistemologyEthics, Political Philosophy, and AestheticsLogicYour TurnSummaryKey Terms and PeopleDiscussion Questions and ActivitiesReel to Real TeachingFor Further ReadingChapter 10: Financing and Governing America's SchoolsFollow the Money: Financing America's SchoolsWhy Should Teachers Care Where the Money Comes from?The Property Tax: The Road to Unequal SchoolsReforming Education FinanceThe Move Toward AdequacyStates Finding the MoneyThe Federal Government's Role in Financing EducationWhat the Future May Hold for School FinanceAccountabilityChoice ProgramsLocal Fundraising