A discussion of effective teaching covers such topics as teacher expectations, student motivation, classroom management, and adapting instruction for individual learners.

Product Description: This classic book provides a balanced, research-based overview of the most effective teaching methods and guides teachers to select appropriate methods by intelligent observation in their classrooms. Widely considered to be the most comprehensive and authoritative source available on effective teaching, Looking in Classrooms synthesizes the knowledge base on student motivation, classroom teaching, teacher expectations, and adapting instruction for individual learners...read more

The media's presentation suggests that American teenage culture today is the most violent, sexual, and amoral youth culture in history. In this book, Nichols and Good deconstruct the negative images held by large numbers of adults. Recognizing that many teenagers are left by adults to socialize themselves and the consequences of this "careless indifference," the authors' goal is to influence a more positive view leading to stronger social policies and better services, resources, and programs to meet the needs of America's youth. Unique features of America's Teenagers--Myths and Realities: Media Images, Schooling, and the Social Costs of Careless Indifference include:*powerful analytic lenses used to revisit typical depictions of youth;*a wealth of information brought to bear on understanding teenagers' behavior; and*consideration of a broad range of adolescent behaviors across critical socializing settings. The book begins with a discussion of the continuing myth of adolescence--how and why youth are devalued, and an overview of current beliefs about youth drawn from two 1990s Public Agenda Polls. This is followed by chapters on youth and the media, and the pressures that youth face in various dimensions of their lives. Topics include youth violence; the sex lives of teenagers; tobacco, alcohol, drugs, and teens; healthy living and decision making; working teens; and youth and education. The concluding chapter pulls together themes generated throughout the book and provides examples of policies that would underscore the value of viewing youth as a social investment. General guidelines are provided for teachers, parents, policymakers, and citizens to facilitate responding to youth in meaningful, proactive ways that improve the quality of life for teenagers and the broader society.

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Product Description: Este volumen es el último de una serie de tres en la que diversos especialistas se dedican a esbozar detalladamente el panorama general de la enseñanza en la actualidad. En él se abordan sus problemas en el cambiante mundo de hoy, mientras que en el primero se recogen varios ensayos sobre la enseñanza entendida como profesi ón y en el segundo se estudian los contextos de esa misma enseñanza...read more

Product Description: Este volumen es el primero de una serie de tres en la que diversos especialistas se dedican a esbozar detalladamente el panorama general de la enseñanza en la actualidad. En él se recogen varios ensayos sobre la enseñanza entendida como profesión, mientras que en el segundo se estudian los contextos de la enseñanza y en el ultimo se abordan sus problemas en el cambiante mundo de hoy...read more

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Product Description: This book examines reform in American education over the past fifty years and against this backdrop presents a compelling analysis of why contemporary voucher plans and charter schools have yet to fulfill the expectations of their advocates...read more

Product Description: Recent years have generated a huge increase in the number of research and scholarly works concerned with teachers and teaching, and this effort has generated new and important insights that are crucial for understanding education today...read more

Product Description: A helpful guide to teachers regardless of their model of classroom instruction. A teacher's facility to conceptualize, examine, & evaluate the way students learn is a valuable & powerful tool. Students are more than test scores & performances, this book takes into account such factors as status needs, affiliation needs, & family structures to augment the subject matter with a focus on students as social beings who are learning more than the formal curriculum...read more

Product Description: This new edition of this text includes expanded coverage of the major theories and fundamental concepts of educational psychology. Various sections have been revised, including learning, instruction, student motivation and classroom management. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Book by Good, Thomas L., Grouws, Douglas A., Ebmeier, Howardoward

Product Description: Book by Good, Thomas L., Biddle, Bruce J., Brophy, Jeree