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What Every Teacher Should Know About the Profession and Politics of Teaching
- Donna Walker Tileston - Strategic Teaching and Learning, Dallas, TX
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Teaching Methods & Learning Styles
Teaching Methods & Learning Styles
December 2003 | 96 pages | Corwin
Topics included in this book cover, accountability, school choice, quality teaching, and standards, as well as the teacher's role as a member of the professional learning community that includes parents, mentor teachers, colleagues, administrators, and teacher organizations. An in-depth chapter covers parent-teacher communications and planning for parent-teacher conferences. The book also includes resources on legislation; utilizing school, community, state, and national resources; common mistakes teachers make and how to avoid them; a chart of essential information for teacher success; and more.
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Vocabulary Pre-Test
1. The Politics of Teaching
Accountability and Testing
Flexible Use of Federal Resources
School Choice
Quality Teachers and Quality Teaching
2. Being Part of a Learning Community
The Big Machine Approach
Accountability to the Larger System
Finding Resources
Working With Colleagues
Being Supervised
Quality Professional Development
3. Working With Parents
Begin at the Beginning
Ways to Communicate
The Parent-Teacher Conference
What If?
4. What Does the Future Hold?
The Changing Face of Education
The Move to Standards
Changing Ideas About the Teaching Process
The Teacher as a Professional: Why It Matters
How Can You Keep Up?
Vocabulary Summary
Vocabulary Post-Test
References
Index
