Product Description: Planning.  Implementing.  Assessing.  The act of teaching is founded on these three principles.  It is the process of doing these three things well that makes for good teaching.  The goal of this book is to provide the tools that will enable preservice and inservice teachers to plan, implement, and assess effectively in this era of standards and accountability...read more

Product Description: It's an often-asked question: “How do I use educational philosophy in my classroom teaching?” This book is a comprehensive answer. To clearly establish the applicability of philosophy to classroom teaching, this book presents the basics of philosophy; examines all of the major educational philosophies—idealism, realism, pragmatism, existentialism, and post-modernism—and their main proponents; and provides readers with a thorough knowledge of each philosophy's fundamental discourse around education...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Methods for Teaching uses a three-phase model of teaching--planning, implementing, and assessing--as a framework for fostering a success-oriented K-12 environment by promoting student learning. Features new to the sixth edition include: *An increased focus on constructivist learning theory *Significant new coverage of technology and technology delivery systems *Discussions of -- National standards and professional development -- Applications of NCATE and INTASC -- English proficiency and ESL -- Rubrics *A companion Website, www...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)