Preface
PART I: Teachers and Students
Chapter 1: Becoming a Teacher
Teaching Career – Is It Right For You?
Professionalism at the Crossroads
From Normal Schools to Board-Certified Teachers
How Teachers are Prepared Today
Urban Legends about Teaching
American Schools: Better Than We Think?
We Like Questions
The Teachers, Schools and Society Reader
Key Terms and People
Discussion Questions and Activities
Chapter 2: Different Ways of Learning
Multiple Intelligences
Is Gender a Learning Style?
Instructional Technology
Assessment
The Five Minds
Multiple Intelligences
Instructional Technology Assessment
The Five Minds
Emotional Intelligence
Learning Styles
Do Boys and Girls Learn Differently?
Brain Differences
Exceptional Learners
The Gifted and Talented
Special Education
Assistive Technology
The Teachers, Schools, and Society Reader
Key Terms and People
Discussion Questions and Activities
Chapter 3: Teaching your Diverse Students
Student Diversity
Failing at Fairness
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Students (LGBT)Putting a Price on Racism
Theories of Why Some Groups Succeed and Others Do Not
From the Melting Pot to Cultural Pluralism
Bilingual Education
Bilingual Education Models
The Bilingual Controversy
Research on Bilingual Education
Multicultural Education
The Multiculturalism Debate
Approaches to Multicultural Education
Culturally Responsive Teaching
Stereotypes
Generalizations
Today’s Classroom
Meet Your Seventh-Grade Class
Lindsey Maria Riley (Navajo)
Marcus Griffin (African American)
Ana Garcia (Mexican American)
Kasem Pravat (Asian American from Thailand)
Ariel Klein (Jewish American)
Mary Goode (Rural White)
Ibrahim Mouawad (Arab American)
Carlos Martinez (Gay)
Diversity Assets
Teaching Skills
We Are One
The Teachers, Schools, and Society Reader
Key Terms and People
Discussion Questions and Activities
INTASC Reflective Activities and Your Portfolio: Introduction
INTASC Reflective Activities and Your Portfolio: Part I
PART II: Schools and Curriculum
Chapter 4: Student Life in School and at Home
Rules, 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 Perspective
Watching the Clock
The Teacher as Gatekeeper
The Other Side of the Tracks
The Gendered World of Elementary and Middle Schools
Guest of Column: Haunted by Racist Attitudes
High School: Lessons in Social Status
Social Challenges Come to School
Family Patterns
Wage Earners and Parenting
Latchkey Kids
Divorce
Poverty
Hidden America: Homeless Families
Children: At Promise or At Risk?
Dropping Out
Sexuality and Teenage Pregnancy
Substance Abuse
Obesity and Eating Disorders
Youth Suicide
Bullying
The Teachers, Schools, and Society Reader
Key Terms and People
Discussion Questions and Activities
Chapter 5: Purposes of America’s Schools and the Current Reform Movement
What is the Purpose of School?
Purpose 1: To Transmit Society’s Knowledge and Values (Passing the Cultural Baton)
Purpose 2: Reconstructing Society (Schools as Tools for Change)
Public Demand for Schools
Where Do You Stand?
What Makes a School Effective?
Factor 1: Strong Leadership
Factor 2: A Clear School Mission
Factor 3: A Safe and Orderly Climate
Factor 4: Monitoring Student Progress
Factor 5: High Expectations
Beyond the Five Factors
Education Reform and School Choice
Charter Schools
Full Service Schools for the Whole Child
Vouchers
Magnet Schools
Open Enrollment
Schools.com
Schools for Profit
Home Schools
Green Schools
Teachers, Students, and Reform
The Importance of Trust
Students and School Reform
Rethinking Reform
The Teachers, Schools, and Society Reader
Key Terms and People
Discussion Questions and Activities
Chapter 6: Curriculum, Standards, and Testing
The Saber-Tooth Curriculum
The Visible Curriculum
The Invisible Curriculum
The Extracurriculum
Who and What Shape the Curriculum?
Teachers
Parental and Community Groups
Students
Administrators
State Government
Local Government
Colleges and Universities
Standardized Tests
Education Commissions and Committees
Professional Organizations
Special Interest Groups
Publishers
Federal Government
The Reign of the Textbook
The Testing Legacy of No Child Left Behind
Common Core State Standards
The Problems with Standardized Tests
Evaluating Teachers by Student Test Scores
Alternatives to High-Stakes Testing
Tension Points
Intelligent Design versus Evolution
Censorship and the Curriculum
Cultural Literacy or Cultural Imperialism?
The Technology Revolution
Ways Technology is Used in the Classroom
The Digital Divide
Suggestions for Tomorrow’s Curriculum
The Teachers, Schools, and Society Reader
Key Terms and People
Discussion Questions and Activities
INTASC Reflective Activities and Your Portfolio: Part II
PART III: Foundations
Chapter 7: The History of American Education
Christopher Lamb’s Colonial Classroom
Colonial New England Education: God’s Classrooms
A New Nation Shapes Education
The Common School Movement
Native American Tribes: The History of Miseducation
Spinsters, Bachelors, and Gender Barriers in Teaching
The Secondary School Movement
A Brief History of Educational Reform
John Dewey and Progressive Education
The Federal Government
Black Americans: The Struggle for a Chance to Learn
Hispanics: Growing School Impact
Mexican American
Puerto Ricans
Cuban Americans
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: The Magnitude of Diversity
Chinese Americans
Filipino Americans
Asian Indian Americans
Japanese Americans
Southeast Asian Americans
Arab Americans: Moving Beyond the Stereotype
Women and Education: A History of Sexism
Hall of Fame: Profiles in Education
The Teachers, Schools, and Society Reader
Key Terms and People
Discussion Questions and Activities
Chapter 8: Philosophy of Education
Finding Your Philosophy of Education
Inventory of Philosophies of Education
Interpreting Your Response
Five Philosophies of Education
Teacher-Centered Philosophies
Essentialism
Perennialism
Student-Centered Philosophies
Progressivism
Social Reconstructionism
Existentialism
Can Teachers Blend These Five Philosophies
Psychological Influences on Education
Constructivism
Behaviorism
Cultural Influences on Education
The Three Legendary Figures of Classical Western Philosophy
Basic Philosophical Issues and Concepts
Metaphysics and Epitsemology
Logic
Ethics, Political Philosophy, and Aesthetics Logic
Your Turn
The Teachers, Schools, and Society Reader
Key Terms and People
Discussion Questions and Activities
Chapter 9: Financing and Governing America's Schools
Follow the Money: Financing America’s Schools
Why Should Teachers Care Where the Money Comes From?
The Property Tax: The Road to Unequal Schools
Reforming Education Finance
From Robin Hood to Adequacy
Does Money Matter?
States Finding the Money
The Federal Government’s Role in Financing Education
Schools, Children, and Commercialism
Commercializing Childhood
