Wiley Because Teaching Matters: Passionate Choices, Responsible Decisions

The concept of making choices as a teacher and taking responsibility for the consequences of those choices is a central theme of this book. It is organized around five professional commitments that, taken together, are essential if teaching is going to make a difference in the lives of students. This innovative organizing structure uses the five commitments to help readers think in a more informed way about issues that affect their initial concerns when making the decision to teach as well as their professional development as teachers. From the Back Cover Real Challenges.  Real Choices. Real challenges. Real choices. And very real consequences. That′s what today′s classrooms are about.    And that′s why Marleen Pugach′s Because Teaching Matters is all about depicting today s classrooms as they truly are, while highlighting the enormous impact teachers have on students lives.             Organized around five professional commitments learning from multiple sources of knowledge, using the curriculum responsibly, embracing diversity, meeting the needs of individual students, and contributing actively to the profession Because Teaching Matters tells the real story of today s complex classrooms. But there s more. It also drives home that the decision to teach is a serious one, with far–reaching consequences for teachers and students alike.  Current research, practical discussions, and authentic cases capture the breadth and depth of the modern teaching experience, while a warm, engaging writing style makes the text a pleasure to read.  Ideal for Foundations of Education and Introduction to Teaching courses designed to provide preservice teachers with an overview of the profession.  Marleen C. Pugach is Professor of Teacher Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. In 2005, she received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. Also available from Wiley/Jossey–Bass Education A Good Teacher in Every Classroom: Preparing the Highly Qualified Teachers Our Children Deserve Linda Darling–Hammond & Joan Baratz–Snowden ISBN: 0–7879–7466–8, ©2005 About the Author Marleen C. Pugach is Professor of Teacher Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. In 2005, she received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.