Those who can teach

Synopsis

Asthebest-selling introductory education text,Those Who Can, Teach,11/e, maintains its current, dynamic, and reader-friendly approach to help students make informed decisions about entering teacher education programs. Using multiple sources, including biographies, narratives, profiles, and interviews with top educators and scholars, the text promotes student interaction and exposes students to the realities of teaching. This acclaimed author team's direct, conversational tone invites students to reflect on the problems and satisfactions of teaching in the United States, casting a career in teaching as a positive challenge. New!HMVideo Cases,integrated with the text material, accessed on the Student Web Site or Eduspace course, and signaled in the text by marginal icons, provide students with real-life examples of teaching problems, methodologies, and styles. New!Chapter 16 reprises the question,Why Teach: A Final Word,from Chapter 1, bringing the book full circle and inspiring to students to continue their education studies. New!Open (?) for Debatefeature at the end of each chapter encourages students to use the materials available on the Web and to interact with other users of the book. New and Updatedmaterial includesPause and Reflect Questions;coverage of the No Child Left Behind Act; new discussion of 2004 IDEA reauthorization; and a new chart in Chapter 3 that clarifies the recognized categories of disorders in the student population. INTASC Standards correlation chart at the front of the text correlates the ten core principles of INTASC to the chapters and pages of the Eleventh Edition. Leaders in Educationboxes profile outstanding teachers in the field, andVoices from the Classroomsections in each chapter offer relevant interviews with real teachers, administrators, and other school personnel.