Those Who Can, Teach
By Kevin Ryan, James M. Cooper, Cheryl Mason Bolick, Cory Callahan
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Guide your students in making an informed decision about entering today's teaching profession with Ryan/Cooper/Bolick/Callahan's reader-friendly THOSE WHO CAN, TEACH, 15th Edition. Using current research and multiple sources, this edition offers an inviting presentation that poses the question "Why Teach?" The acclaimed author team provides a candid look at the challenges, realities and rewards of teaching, including its importance in the U.S. Compelling narratives, biographies profiles, current interviews with top educators and actual video cases introduce the real teaching experience. New discussions address effectively using technology with the 2020 pandemic school shutdowns. Students also examine critical topics, such as bullying, high-stakes testing and education reform. Content integrates the latest InTASC standards and digital downloads provide teaching tools as this edition invites readers to carefully consider the rewards and positive challenges in this high-impact career.
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Guide your students in making an informed decision about entering today's teaching profession with Ryan/Cooper/Bolick/Callahan's reader-friendly THOSE WHO CAN, TEACH, 15th Edition. Using current research and multiple sources, this edition offers an inviting presentation that poses the question "Why Teach?" The acclaimed author team provides a candid look at the challenges, realities and rewards of teaching, including its importance in the U.S. Compelling narratives, biographies profiles, current interviews with top educators and actual video cases introduce the real teaching experience. New discussions address effectively using technology with the 2020 pandemic school shutdowns. Students also examine critical topics, such as bullying, high-stakes testing and education reform. Content integrates the latest InTASC standards and digital downloads provide teaching tools as this edition invites readers to carefully consider the rewards and positive challenges in this high-impact career.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES FOCUS STUDENT ATTENTION ON KEY INFORMATION. This edition's carefully crafted learning objectives correlate to the main sections in each chapter. These helpful learning objectives direct student attention to the information that is most important to understand and process. After completing the chapter, learning objectives guide students in applying their new knowledge and skills.
CONVENIENT DIGITAL DOWNLOADS OFFER ADDITIONAL TEACHING TOOLS. Students can easily download -- and often customize -- practical, professional resources from the student companion website in order to implement and apply this edition's content in actual teaching. Students can retain these resources to begin building or add to their own personal libraries of professional teaching resources. A TeachSource Digital Download label identifies additional downloadable content throughout the book.
THE BOOK EMPHASIZES AN OVERARCHING THEME: "WHY TEACH?" The theme "Why Teach?" draws readers into the content as it is posed in Chapter 1. This theme is reinforced in "A Final Word" sections at the end of each chapter, encouraging students to remain focused on this intriguing and motivating question throughout the text.
SIGNIFICANT CONTENT OFFERS A BALANCED PRESENTATION OF KEY TOPICS. This edition carefully reviews accountability issues, such as standards, high-stakes testing and reform. The latest coverage also addresses emerging topics and developing areas of discussion, including technology in teaching, cheating, changing demographics and today’s students, bullying, sexual harassment and homophobia, diversity vouchers and recent legal issues.
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Part I. School and Students
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