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The Profession | |
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Why Become a Teacher? | |
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Why People Decide to Teach | |
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Rewards and Difficulties in Teaching | |
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The Teaching Profession | |
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Becoming a Teacher in an Era of Reform | |
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The Teaching Profession | |
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Teaching: A Time Perspective | |
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Teaching: Dealing With Complexities | |
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The Multiple Roles of Teaching | |
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Who Will You Work With? | |
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Students | |
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Learner Diversity: Differences in Today's Students | |
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Cultural Diversity | |
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Gender | |
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Ability Differences | |
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Learning Styles | |
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Students with Exceptionalities | |
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Changes in American Society: Influences on Today's Schools | |
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A Changing Society | |
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Students Placed At-Risk | |
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Foundations | |
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Education in the United States: Its Historical Roots | |
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The Colonial Period (1607-1775) | |
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The Early National Period (1775-1820) | |
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The Common School Movement (1820-1865) | |
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The Evolution of the American High School | |
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The Progressive Era | |
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Searching for Equality: The Education of Cultural Minorities | |
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The Modern Era: Schools Instruments for National Purpose and Social Change | |
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Educational Philosophy: The Intellectual Foundations of American Education | |
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Philosophy and the Philosophy of Education | |
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Traditional Schools of Philosophy | |
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Exploring Diversity: Philosophy and Cultural Minorities | |
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Philosophies of Education | |
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Developing as a Professional: Forming a Personal Philosophy of Education | |
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The Organization of American Schools | |
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What Is a School? | |
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The Organization of Schools | |
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Early-Childhood Programs | |
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Elementary Schools | |
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High Schools, Junior High Schools, and Middle Schools | |
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What Is an Effective School? | |
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Governance and Finance: Regulating and Funding Schools | |
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Governance: How Are Schools Regulated and Run? | |
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School Finance: How Are Schools Funded? | |
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Emerging Issues in School Governance and Finance | |
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School Law: Ethical and Legal Influence on Teaching | |
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Law, Ethics, and Teacher Professional Decision Making | |
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The U.S. Legal System | |
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Teachers' Rights and Responsibilities | |
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Religion and the Law | |
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Students' Rights and Responsibilities | |
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Teaching | |
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The School Curriculum | |
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What Is Curriculum? | |
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Forces That Influence the Curriculum | |
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Controversies in the Curriculum | |
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Instruction in American Classrooms | |
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Looking in Classrooms to Define Effective Teaching | |
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Using Our Understanding of Learning to Define Effective Teaching | |
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Technology in American Schools | |
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What Is Technology? | |
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Using Technology in the Classroom | |
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Issues in the Use of Educational Technology | |
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Careers | |
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Joining the Profession | |
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Characteristics of Beginning Teachers | |
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Knowledge and Learning to Teach | |
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Joining the Profession | |
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Surviving Your First Year of Teaching | |
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Directory of State Teacher-Certification Offices | |
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References | |
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Glossary | |
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Name Index | |
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Subject Index | |