The Professional Educator

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Help your students learn what it takes to be a professional educator... The Professional Educator A NEW Introduction to Teaching and Schools is designed to provide your students with a realistic sense of what is expected of the professional educator in today's increasingly challenging classrooms. Through classroom episodes, case studies, and descriptions of contemporary educational issues, coauthors Charles B. Myers and Lynn K. Myers give students an accurate portrayal of the teaching profession. To develop their conceptual skills, the authors offer explanations of how research-in such areas as educational philosophy, humán development, classroom management, learning theory, and so forth-can be applied to contemporary teaching and learning experiences. Through the text's analytic exercises and research studies, students will find that learning to sort through, interpret, and apply various research information is an essential part of a teacher's profession. A realistic look at both... Tovább

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Help your students learn what it takes to be a professional educator... The Professional Educator A NEW Introduction to Teaching and Schools is designed to provide your students with a realistic sense of what is expected of the professional educator in today's increasingly challenging classrooms. Through classroom episodes, case studies, and descriptions of contemporary educational issues, coauthors Charles B. Myers and Lynn K. Myers give students an accurate portrayal of the teaching profession. To develop their conceptual skills, the authors offer explanations of how research-in such areas as educational philosophy, humán development, classroom management, learning theory, and so forth-can be applied to contemporary teaching and learning experiences. Through the text's analytic exercises and research studies, students will find that learning to sort through, interpret, and apply various research information is an essential part of a teacher's profession. A realistic look at both the rewards and demands of teaching, The Professional Educator: A NEW Introduction to Teaching and Schools will help your students discover whether teaching should be their chosen profession. About the author team: Charles B. Myers is a professor at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College, where he has taught for over 25 years. He is alsó co-director of the University's Collaborative Program with Metropolitan Public Schools and a member of the governing board of the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education. Lynn K. Myers is an experienced elementary school teacher and reading speciálist and presently teaches third grade at Harpeth Valley Elementary School in Nashville. She is alsó a consultant to producers of educational resources for teachers and children. Vissza