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Introduction to Teaching
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Introduction to Teaching
Making a Difference in Student Learning

Fourth Edition

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Education | Education Studies

January 2024 | 576 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Grounded in the realities and complexities of today’s schools, Introduction to Teaching: Making a Difference in Student Learning, Fourth Edition is the ideal text for aspiring teachers. Acclaimed authors Gene E. Hall, Linda F. Quinn, and Donna M. Gollnick thoroughly prepare students to make a difference as teachers, presenting first-hand stories and evidence-based practices while offering a student-centered approach to learning. From true-to-life challenges that teachers will face—reduced funding, low retention, and changing standards—to the inspiration and joy they will discover throughout their teaching careers, this text paints a realistic picture of the real life of a teacher in a post-pandemic era.

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Part I: Today’s Teachers, Students, and Schools
 
Chapter 1: Becoming a Teacher
 
Chapter 2: Today’s Students
 
Chapter 3: The Exceptionalities of Learners
 
Chapter 4: The Social Context of Schools
 
Chapter 5: Families and Communities
 
Part II: The Foundations of Education
 
Chapter 6: History of Schools in the United States
 
Chapter 7: Developing a Philosophy of Teaching and Learning
 
Chapter 8: Organizing and Financing Schools for Learning
 
Chapter 9: The Law as It Relates to Teaching and Learning
 
Part III: Teaching for Student Learning
 
Chapter 10: Curriculum, Standards, and Benchmarks
 
Chapter 11: Managing the Classroom and Student Behavior
 
Chapter 12: Teaching Strategies
 
Chapter 13: Assessing Student Learning and Using the Results
 
Part IV: Becoming Tomorrow’s Highly Effective Teacher
 
Chapter 14: Succeeding in Your Teacher Education Program, and Beyond

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LMS cartridge included with this title for use in Blackboard, Canvas, Brightspace by Desire2Learn (D2L), and Moodle


The LMS cartridge makes it easy to import this title’s instructor resources into your learning management system (LMS). These resources include:
  • Test banks
  • Editable chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides
  • Lecture notes
Don’t use an LMS platform?

You can still access the online resources for this title via the password-protected Instructor Resource Site.

"A textbook that helps students understand the big picture of teaching, learning, and education."

Stephanie Malone
Shenandoah University

"This book covers the basic information for students to make decisions about becoming a teacher and adds information for students who have already decided. The text helps students in their certification testing."

John Chavez
University of Texas at San Antonio

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