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• All chapters begin with "Focus Questions" and "Key Terms and Concepts," and conclude with "Summary and Implications," "Discussion Questions," "Journal Entries," "Portfolio Development," "School-Based Experiences," "Notes," "Bibliography," and "Websites."
• I Professional Aspects Of Teaching
• Part Introduction: Viewing Education through Professional Lenses
• 1 Teaching as a Career
• An Important Profession
• A Look at American Teachers
• Recent Changes in the Teaching Profession
• The Study and Practice of Teaching
• Professional Organizations for Teachers
• Professional Dilemma: Are Teachers Professional if They Strike?
• Appendix 1.1 Professional Education Associations
• 2 Employment Opportunities for Teachers
• Factors Affecting Supply and Demand
• Teacher Salaries and Fringe Benefits
• Getting Certified and Employed
• Appendix 2.1 U.S. State Teachers Certification and Licensing Offices
• Appendix 2.2 Job Search Timetable and Checklist
• II School And Society
• Part Introduction: Viewing Education through Sociological Lenses
• 3 Diversity in Society
• Culture and Society
• Diversity and Education
• Multicultural Groups
• Cultural Identity
• 4 School and Society
• Groups in Society
• Today's Families
• Today's Youth
• Democracy and Schooling
• 5 Education That Is Multicultural
• Undergirding Tenets
• Culture of the School
• Educational Challenges
• The Role of the Teacher
• III Governance And Support Of American Education
• Part Introduction: Viewing Education through Organizational Lenses
• 6 Structure and Finance of American Education
• The Structure of the American Education System
• The Financing of Education
• Appendix 6.1 A National Network of Regional Educational Libraries
• 7 Legal Foundations of Education
• Legal Aspects of Education
• Teachers' Rights and Responsibilities
• Students' Rights and Responsibilities
• IV Historical Foundations Of Education
• Part Introduction: Viewing Education through Historical Lenses
• 8 Antecedents of American Education
• The Beginnings of Education (to
• Education in the Middle Ages (476-1300)
• Education in Transition (1300-1700)
• Modern Period (1700-Present)
• 9 Early American Education
• Providing Education in the New World
• Education for Special Populations
• 10 Recent Developments in Education 1940-Present
• More Students and Bigger Schools
• A Developing Profession
• Appendix 10.1 Important Dates in the History of Western Education
• V Philosophical Foundations Of Education
• Part Introduction: Viewing Education through Philosophical Lenses
• 11 Philosophy: The Passion to Understand
• Structure and Methodology of Philosophy
• Schools of Philosophy and Their Influence on Education
• 12 Educational Theory in American Schools: Philosophy in Action
• Authoritarian Educational Theories
• Nonauthoritarian Educational Theories
• 13 Building an Educational Philosophy
• Using Philosophy in the Classroom
• Using Philosophy Beyond the Classroom
• VI School Programs and Practices
• Part Introduction: Viewing Education through Program Development Lenses
• 14 Developing the Curriculum
• Understanding the Curriculum
• Curriculum Offerings
• Curriculum Alternatives
• Curriculum and Student Evaluation
• 15 Delivery of Instruction
• Organizing Teachers and Space
• Organizing Students
• Instructional Practices
• Using Technology in Instruction
• Change, Change, Change!
• Appendix 15.1 Domains of Learning