Becoming a Teacher

Description

Explore the world teaching today through first-person stories and in-depth coverage of current issues

With a bright and engaging writing style that enlists the voices of experts as well as novices, Becoming a Teacher explores what it means to be a professional teacher in today’s climate of accountability, high-stakes testing, and changing legislation.

Becoming a Teacher embraces and articulates the challenges of the field of education, outlining ways to be an agent of change in the profession; pinpointing meaningful uses of technology in the classroom; clarifying the realities of diversity in the classroom; and clearly outlining past, present, and future thoughts on curriculum, instruction, assessment, management, philosophy, and issues in education. The down-to-earth and straightforward approach provides students with the tools and information necessary to answer the question, “Is teaching for me?”

Fully revised, the 11th Edition includes increased emphasis on culturally responsive teaching; two new chapters that address curriculum, standards, and student learning (Ch. 11) and becoming a professional teacher (Ch. 13); a thoroughly revised chapter on integrating technology into teaching (Ch. 12); emphasis on teacher preparation and STEM; and expanded chapter coverage to address the most current trends and issues in teaching such as students of undocumented immigrant parents, adverse childhood experiences (ACE), and trauma-sensitive schools. Becoming a Teacher, 11th Edition is also available via RevelTM, an interactive learning environment that enables students to read, practice, and study in one continuous experience.

Hallmark features of this title

• Dear Mentor features open each part of the book, detailing exchanges between 4 novice teachers who pose important questions to 4 highly accomplished mentor teachers.
• Focus on Diversity sections address cultural and ethnic diversity, student ability, the impact of socioeconomic status and linguistic diversity in today’s classrooms.
• Teacher Voices: Being an Agent of Change brings in the voices of experienced teachers to focus on how teachers can affect change.
• Teaching on Your Feet presents examples of how successful teachers have turned potential problem situations into teachable moments.
• Guidelines are provided for acquiring the knowledge and skills necessary to meet the key performance standards developed by InTASC, CAEP, Praxis tests and ESSA.

New and updated features of this title

• NEW: Focus on STEM features highlight the importance of science, technology, engineering and mathematics at all levels of the curriculum and show how STEM activities can develop students’ critical-thinking, creativity, design-thinking and problem-solving skills.
• NEW: Chapter 13, Becoming a Professional Teacher, provides information on the transition between student and teacher to ensure that the induction to teaching is positive and effective.
• NEW: Chapter 11, Curriculum, Standards, Assessment and Student Learning, focuses on what students should know and be able to do to be successful in today’s competitive world.
• UPDATED: Technology in Action features highlight how teachers are integrating new technologies into their teaching.
• UPDATED: Comprehensive state coverage ensures students will see themselves mirrored in text content. The 11th Edition specifically highlights master teachers, instructional issues and curriculum initiatives from across the United States. An index of highlighted states is provided in the Preface.
• UPDATED: Coverage in every chapter addresses current trends and issues.

1. Teaching: Your Chosen Profession
2. Today’s Teachers
3. Today’s Schools
4. Philosophical Foundations of U.S. Education
5. Historical Foundations of U.S. Education
6. Governance and Finance of U.S. Schools
7. Ethical and Legal Issues in U.S. Education
8. Today’s Students
9. Addressing Learners’ Individual Needs
10. Creating a Community of Learners
11. Curriculum, Standards, Assessment, and Student Learning
12. Integrating Technology into Teaching
13. Your Teaching Future

About our author

Forrest W. Parkay is Professor Emeritus, Educational Leadership and Higher Education at Washington State University. He was Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Florida for eight years and at Texas State University for five years. Forrest is also Adjunct Professor of Higher Education at Beijing Normal University. Forrest received his B.A. and M.A. degrees in English education from the University of Illinois-Urbana. He earned his Ph.D. in education at the University of Chicago, and he is a graduate of Harvard University’s Management Development Program. He was Chair of the Department of Teaching and Learning at WSU for 3 years. For 8 years, Forrest taught at DuSable High School on Chicago’s South Side and he served as Chairman of DuSable’s English Department for 4 years. He also taught rhetoric in the English Department at the University of Illinois-Urbana for 2 years. Forrest is the author or coauthor of more than 60 refereed journal articles and several books. The 8th edition of Becoming a Teacher was translated into Mandarin, and the 7th and 8th editions into Indonesian. His research has appeared in the field’s leading peer-reviewed journals, including Phi Delta Kappa, American Journal of Education and Educational Administration Quarterly. Forrest’s honors include a Fulbright Scholar Award, Fulbright Specialist’s Award, Faculty Excellence Award for Research (WSU), and Presidential Seminar Award (Texas State University). He is Past-President of the North Central Florida Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa. A former Fulbright Scholar at Kasetart University’s Center for Research on Teaching and Teacher Education, Forrest has facilitated educational reform programs and conducted cross-national research in China, Thailand, Korea, Japan, Pakistan, India and Singapore. Forrest serves as Advantage Education’s Vice President, Teaching and Learning. Advantage Education is a group of leading educators in China and U.S.A. focused on helping Chinese students fulfill their dream of studying at U.S. high schools, colleges and universities.