Approaches to Teaching

Name: Approaches to Teaching
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ISBN: 9780807749821

ISBN-10: 0807749826

ISBN-13: 9780807749821

Edition: 5th 2009 (Revised)

Authors: Gary D. Fenstermacher, Jonas F. Soltis, Matthew N. Sanger, Michael Graves

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This popular text continues using the format of the three approaches-The Executive, The Facilitator, and The Liberationist. For the Fifth Edition, the authors add four new case studies: "Scripted Teaching," "Accountability and Merit," "What is the Value of Caring Relationships?" and "School Funding." Using these and other realistic case studies, they explore the strengths and weaknesses of each approach so that teachers can critically assess their own philosophical positions on teaching. Teachers are urged to ask themselves such questions as: What is the main goal of teaching? What is the most important purpose of education? What do I expect my students to eventually become? Is the way I…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Publication date: 6/6/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.90" long x 0.40" tall
Weight: 0.418
Language: English



A Note to Readers


To the Instructor


Acknowledgments



Approaches to Teaching


Three Teachers


The Amazing Glasses


Three Approaches to Teaching


The Common Framework: Maker


Using Maker with the Approaches



The Executive Approach


Managing Your Classroom


Managing Time in the Classroom


Features of This Approach


The Maker Framework


Historical Roots


Teaching for Student Achievement


The Complexity of Modern Schooling



The Facilitator Approach


Your Middle School English Class


Historical Background


Humanistic Psychology


Normative Considerations


Existential Roots


Care Pedagogy


Facilitating Identity


Constructivism


Multiple Intelligences



The Liberationist Approach


Origins of This Approach


Features of the Liberationist Approach


Your High School Class


Manner in Teaching


The Element of Knowledge


Emancipatory Teaching


Democratic Citizenship


Social Justice and Identity



Reflections on the Three Approaches


A Synoptic View


Critical Perspectives on the Executive Approach


Critical Perspectives on the Facilitator Approach


Forging National Identity


Critical Perspectives on the Liberationist Approach


Democracy, Identity, and Diversity



Developing Your Approach to Teaching


Three Ideas, Three Approaches


Becoming All Three


Good-bye



Cases and Disputes


Grading Policies


School and Approach Mismatch


Teacher-Engineer or Artist?


Individualized Learning


How Much Control Is Too Much?


Workbook Dilemma


A New Science Kit


Scripted Teaching


Accountability and Merit


Individual and Societal Needs


Curing Shyness


What Standard Shall We Use?


Teaching "Relevant" Literature


Teacher and Mother?


What Is the Value of Caring Relationships?


Freedom and Indoctrination


Too Young to Be Critical?


Education for Life


Freedom of Speech?


Mass or Class Culture?


Different Learning Styles


Compatibility of Approaches


E Pluribus Unum


Go Fly a Kite


Notes


Topics and Resources