PEARSON EDUCATION Introduction to Teaching: Becoming a Professional (with MyEducationLab)

This best-selling case-based text, Introduction to Teaching: Becoming a Professional, provide tomorrow's teachers with a deeper understanding of and better preparation for the teaching profession by weaving in three themes central to teaching today–professionalism, diversity, and reform. Two central questions frame the text: “Do I want to be a teacher?” and “What kind of teacher do I want to become?”.  The fourth edition has been revised to provide you with a more engaging experience as you consider if you want to be a teacher and what kind of teacher you want to become. Captivating classroom-based cases and interactive features will help you reflect on your responses to topics such as the implications of increasingly diverse classrooms, the assessment and standards-driven educational climate, and more. A revoluationary new online component, MyEducationLab, provides you with interactive self-assessments and video-based activities.      To order this book WITHOUT MyEducationLab use this ISBN: 9780137012329.  To order this book WITH MyEducationLab use this ISBN: 9780131381278. From the Back Cover Introduction to Teaching: Becoming a Professional, the best-selling, case-based text for beginning education students, provides a look at the real world of students, teachers, classrooms, and schools. Engage your students through authentic case studies that provide a framework for chapter discussions and relate chapter topics to the real world of teaching. The fourth edition offers a strong focus on standards, assessment, and diversity while keeping its well-known coverage of professionalism and decision making.   The fourth edition helps students to examine their beliefs, make decisions, and: Develop as a Professional Educator: This I Believe― Students are encouraged to assess their beliefs about critical issues. Taking a Stand in an Era of Reform ― Students learn about current reform issues and develop a stance through assignments available on this text’s online resource ― MyEducationLab. Decision-Making: Defining Yourself as a Professional ― Students consider how to handle a teaching situation and reflect on its implications for their development as a professional educator.   Understand and Celebrate Today’s Diverse Classrooms: Three Chapters on Diversity: Chapter 3 Changes in American Society: Their Influences on Today’s Students Chapter 4 Student Diversity: Culture, Language, and Gender NEW! Chapter 5Student Diversity: Development, Ability, and Exceptionalities EXPANDED! Teaching in Urban Environments ― Students are introduced to the challenges and rewards of teaching in an urban setting. Exploring Diversity― This feature promotes student reflection on important diversity issues and how those issues affect classrooms, and is accompanied by MyEducationLab assignments.   Understand and Learn About Current Issues in Education Today: NEW!Chapter 14 Assessment, Standards, and Accountability NEW! Integrated discussion of technology in every chapter― Students can now view technology as a piece of the instructional and learning process rather than a separate entity. NEW! Coverage of current topics: President Obama’s plan for education, 21st century skills, merit/performance pay, cyber bullying, middle school grade dilemma, urban mayoral takeovers, technology access issues, and more!   MyEducationLab Prepare with the Power of Classroom Practice. •  Take Practice Tests for each chapter of your text. – Completion of each practice test generates a study plan that is unique to you. –  The study plan links to text excerpts activities with feedback, and videos and other media that can help you master concepts covered in your text. • Complete Assignments and Activities to apply text content to real classroom situations. •  Authentic classroom video shows real teachers and students interacting, and helps prepare you for the classroom. •  Explore the Building Teaching Skills and Dispositions exercises to p