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Those Who Can, Teach

By Kevin Ryan, James M. Cooper, Cheryl Mason Bolick, Cory Callahan

16th Edition © 2027
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Guide students in making informed decisions about entering today's teaching profession with Ryan/Cooper/Bolick/Callahan's "Those Who Can, Teach," 16th Edition. This reader-friendly, yet research-grounded text explores the question 'Why teach?' through compelling from-the-classroom narratives, biographical profiles, top educator interviews and authentic video cases that bring real-world teaching experiences to life. New content addresses the wise use of technology, including sophisticated websites, apps and AI and addresses key issues like first-year teaching, social challenges, education reform and professionalism. Integrated InTASC standards and downloadable teaching tools support students in preparing for a high impact, rewarding teaching career that makes a difference in today’s diverse and evolving classrooms.

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Guide students in making informed decisions about entering today's teaching profession with Ryan/Cooper/Bolick/Callahan's "Those Who Can, Teach," 16th Edition. This reader-friendly, yet research-grounded text explores the question 'Why teach?' through compelling from-the-classroom narratives, biographical profiles, top educator interviews and authentic video cases that bring real-world teaching experiences to life. New content addresses the wise use of technology, including sophisticated websites, apps and AI and addresses key issues like first-year teaching, social challenges, education reform and professionalism. Integrated InTASC standards and downloadable teaching tools support students in preparing for a high impact, rewarding teaching career that makes a difference in today’s diverse and evolving classrooms.

Each chapter includes clear Learning Objectives and downloadable teaching tools to help students apply content and build a professional toolkit.

The theme 'Why teach?' is introduced in Chapter 1 and reinforced throughout the text, encouraging students to reflect often on their motivations to teach.

Balanced coverage of key issues like standards, testing, reform, diversity, bullying and legal topics prepare students for today’s classrooms.

Bookend sections and real-world case studies help students reflect on their career path and understand the realities of teaching and learning.

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Chapters

Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Preface
Acknowledgments
So Let’s Get Started . . .
Knowing Your Own Motives
The Habit of Reflection
Your Motives
Part I. School and Students
Part II. Teachers
Part III. Foundations and the Future
Part IV. The Teaching Profession
Before You Close the Book……
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Part I. School and Students

1. Why Teach?
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1-1. Examining Your Motives for Teaching ↗
1-1a. Comparing Your Motives to Others ↗
1-2. The Rewards of Teaching ↗
1-2a. Extrinsic Rewards ↗
1-2b. Intrinsic Rewards ↗
1-3. Sources of Useful Experience ↗
1-3a. Real Encounters ↗
1-3b. Guidance ↗
1-3c. Reflection ↗
1-4. Case Studies in the Motivation to Teach ↗
1-4a. Case One: The Desire to Teach a Particular Subject ↗
1-4b. Case Two: The Desire to Aid in the Renewal of Society ↗
1-5. Opinions about Teachers and Teaching ↗
1-5a. What Does the Public Say about Teachers and Teaching? ↗
1-5b. What Do Students Think about Teachers? ↗
1-5c. What Do Administrators Say about New Teachers? ↗
1-5c. What Do New Teachers Think about Teaching? ↗
1-6. Why Teachers Teach ↗
1-6a. A Special Intrinsic Reward ↗
Our Final Word ↗
Why Teach? Your Final Word ↗
Key Terms ↗
For Further Information ↗
2. What Is a School and What Is It For?
2-1. What Is a School?
2-2. Education and Schooling
2-2a. Education
2-2b. Schooling
2-3. Schools as Cultures
2-3a. Socialization
2-4. Schools as Transmitters or Re-Creators of Culture
2-4a. Transmitting Culture
2-4b. Reconstructing Society
2-5. The Four Basic Purposes of School
2-5a. Intellectual Purposes
2-5b. Political and Civic Purposes
2-5c. Economic Purposes
2-5d. Social Purposes
2-6. What Do Studies Reveal about the Nature of Schools?
2-6a. Life in Elementary Schools
2-6b. Life in Middle and Junior High Schools
2-6c. Life in High Schools
2-7. What Is a Good School?
2-7a. Characteristics of an Effective School
2-8. The Unfinished Work of the Schools
Our Final Word
Why Teach? Your Final Word
Key Terms
For Further Information
3. Who Are Today’s Students in a Diverse Society?
3-1. Sources of Student Diversity
3-1a. Cultural Pluralism: Not There Yet
3-1b. Teaching for Equity
3-2. English Language Learners
3-2a. The Government Response
3-2b. Every Student Succeeds Act and English Language Learners
3-2c. Language Education Models
3-2d. Language Education Controversies
3-3. Diverse Abilities
3-3a. Multiple Intelligences
3-3b. Students with Disabilities
3-4. Gifted and Talented Students
3-4a. Identifying Gifted and Talented Students
3-4b. Programs for Gifted and Talented Students
3-5. Gender
3-5a. Gender Gaps, School Achievement, and Career Selection
3-6. Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Teaching Implications
3-7. The Teacher’s Response to Diversity
3-7a. Teacher–Student Disparity
3-7b. Diversity: A Complex Phenomenon
Our Final Word
Why Teach? Your Final Word
Key Terms
For Further Information
4. How Do Social Issues Affect Students?
4-1. Recognizing Risk Factors
4-2. New American Family Patterns
4-2a. Family Composition
4-2b. School and Teacher Responses
4-3. Poverty
4-3a. Who Are the Poor?
4-3b. Homelessness
4-3c. School and Teacher Responses
4-4. Adolescent Parenting
4-4a. Sex Education
4-5. Students who Experience Abuse and Neglect
4-6. Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drug Abuse
4-7. Mental Health
4-8. School Violence and Vandalism
4-8a. Gangs
4-8b. Bullying
4-8c. Steps to Reduce School Violence
4-9. Student Cheating
4-10. High School Graduation and Dropout Rates
Our Final Word
Why Teach? Your Final Word
Key Terms
For Further Information
5. What Is Taught?
5-1. What Is a Curriculum?
5-1a. Standards-Based Reform Movement
5-2. What Is the Present Curriculum?
5-2a. English Language Arts
5-2b. Mathematics
5-2c. Science
5-2d. Social Studies
5-2e. Foreign Languages
5-2f. The Arts
5-2g. Physical Education and Health
5-2h. Elective Courses
5-2i. Career and Technical Education
5-3. Assessing Student Academic Performance
5-3a. National Assessment of Educational Progress
5-3b. International Comparisons
5-4. Additional Influences on the Curriculum
5-4a. Textbooks
5-4b. Innovative Instructional Approaches
5-5. Current Curriculum Controversies
5-5a. Core Versus Multicultural Curriculum
5-5b. Tracking
5-6. Is the Existing Curriculum Relevant to Today’s Society?
Our Final Word
Why Teach? Your Final Word
Key Terms
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