The Art and Science of Teaching: An Introduction to American Education

ISBN-13: 9781792452338 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021

Reagan-Osborn

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• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• Tables
• Chapter 1 The Purposes of Public Schooling
• Basic Knowledge and Skills
• General Knowledge
• Life Skills
• Vocational and Career Preparation
• The Transition to Adulthood and Entry into the Labor Market
• Political Socialization
• Social Control
• Socialization and Acculturation
• Religious Socialization
• Health Care
• Mandated Reporting
• Providing Nutrition
• Childcare
• The Creation of Employment Opportunities
• Questions for Reflection and Discussion
• References
• Chapter 2 The Legal and Organizational Foundations of Public Schooling
• The Branches of Government: The Federal Level
• The Legislative Branch
• The Executive Branch
• The Judicial Branch
• The Branches of Government: The State Level
• The Legislative Branch
• The Executive Branch
• The Judicial Branch
• The Branches of Government and Public Schooling
• The Legislative Bran
• Chapterand Public Schooling
• The Executive Bran
• Chapterand Public Schooling
• The Judicial Bran
• Chapterand Public Schooling
• Education at the State Level
• Public Schooling at the Local Level
• Questions for Reflection and Discussion
• References
• Chapter 3 The Epistemology of Education and Learning Theories
• Epistemology and the Philosophy of Science
• Ethnoepistemology
• The Nature of Knowledge
• Metaphors in Educational Discourse
• Theories of Learning
• Behaviorism
• Cognitivism
• Constructivism
• Lev Vygotsky and the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)
• Bloom's Taxonomy
• Learning Styles
• Questions for Reflection and Discussion
• References
• Chapter 4 Schooling, Education, and the ""Educated Person""
• Schooling
• Education
• The Attributes of Education
• The Procedural Criterion
• The Nature of Training
• The Ideal of the ""Educated Person""
• Alternative Conceptions of the ""Educated Person""
• Robert Maynard Hutchins
• John Dewey
• Mortimer Adler
• Questions for Reflection and Discussion
• References
• Chapter 5 Curriculum and Instruction
• The Curriculum
• The Planned and Unplanned Curricula
• The Excluded Curriculum
• The Hidden Curriculum
• The Historical Evolution of the Curriculum in the United States
• The Curriculum and the Textbook
• Curricular Nullification
• The Role of Interdisciplinary Units in the Critical Curriculum
• Instruction
• The Acts of Teaching
• Questions for Reflection and Discussion
• References
• Chapter 6 Philosophy of Education and Reflective Practice
• Developing a Personal Philosophy of Education
• Philosophical Schools of Thought
• Analytic Philosophy of Education
• Reflective Practice and the Classroom Teacher
• The Knowledge Base of the Classroom Teacher
• The Real World of the Classroom Teacher
• Reflective Practice in the Classroom
• From Reflective Practice to Critical Reflective Practice
• Critical Literacy and Education
• A Caveat
• Questions for Reflection and Discussion
• References
• Chapter 7 Culture, Cultural Diversity, and Schooling
• What Is Culture?
• Language
• Attitudes, Values, and Beliefs
• Family and Kinship
• Gender Roles and Expectations
• History and Mythology
• Foods and Eating
• Sanctions and Taboos
• Cultural Diversity and Cultural Pluralism
• Cultural Diversity and Education: Multicultural Education
• Questions for Reflection and Discussion
• References
• Chapter 8 Race and Racism in Schooling
• The Social Construction of Race
• The History of Race and Racism in the United States
• Toward a Typology of Racism
• Understanding Prejudice and Discrimination
• The Concept and Reality of White Privilege
• Anti-Racist Education and Public Schooling
• Questions for Reflection and Discussion
• References
• Chapter 9 Religion and Religious Diversity in the United States
• The Religious Diversity of the United States
• Teaching About Religion in Public Schools
• Christianity
• Is the United States a ""Christian Nation""?
• Are There Anti-Christian Biases in American Society?
• Judaism
• Anti-Semitism in American Society
• Islam
• Islamophobia in the United States
• Other Faiths and Public Schooling in the United States
• Questions for Reflection and Discussion
• References
• Chapter 10 Politics, Ideology, and Schooling: The Ideals of Democratic Education
• Education and Democracy
• Education in Democracy
• Education for Democracy
• Democratic Education
• Critical Pedagogy and the Teacher
• Social Justice and Public Education
• Questions for Reflection and Discussion
• References