Introduction to Teaching

Introduction to Teaching: Making a Difference in Student Learning is the ideal beginning text for aspiring teachers. The acclaimed authors thoroughly prepare students to make a difference as teachers, presenting first-hand stories and evidence-based practices while offering a student-centered approach to learning. The authors focus on how to address one of the biggest challenges facing many of today's schools - making sure that all students are learning - and help teachers make student learning the primary focus in all that they do. From true-to-life challenges that teachers will face (high-stakes testing, reduced funding, low rentention, Common Core Standards) to the inspiration and joy they will discover throughout their teaching careers, this text paints a realistic picture of the real life of a teacher.Features & Benefits -Also available as an Interactive eBook, which integrated links to engaging video and audio as well as access to complete academic and professional articles -Chapter-opening Teacher Interviews include questions and responses from teachers and school leaders -Video Case boxes feature classroom footage and interviews of teachers with accompanying questions to tie back to learning objectives -Challenging Assumptions boxes use scholarly research to help debunk myths about teaching -Understanding and Using Evidence boxes help readers examine a set of data, develop an interpretation, and offer a recommendation -Teachers' Lounge features provide students with inspirational, joyful, or humorous stories, as reported by a teacher -Focus questions help direct students to the main concepts of the chapter -End-of-chapter pedagogical features include chapter summaries, discussion questions, field guide, self-assessments, field guides, tips for building a portfolio, and more. The free Student Study Site at www.sagepub.com/hall features original classroom video footage and interviews with teachers at the elementary and high school levels, as well as eFlashcards, web quizzes, SAGE journal articles, audio links, and more!