PART I: Teachers and Students
Chapter 1: Becoming a Teacher
Chapter 2: Different Ways of Learning
Chapter 3: Teaching your Diverse Students

PART II: Schools and Curriculum
Chapter 4: Student Life in School and at Home
Chapter 5: Reforming America's Schools
Chapter 6: Curriculum, Standards, and Testing

PART III: Foundations
Chapter 7: The History of American Education
Chapter 8: Philosophy of Education
Chapter 9: Financing and Governing America's Schools
Chapter 10: School Law and Ethics

PART IV: Your Classroom
Chapter 11: Teacher Effectiveness
Chapter 12: Your First Classroom
Chapter 13: Q and A Guide to Entering the Teaching Profession

Appendixes

Text Appendices
1: Teacher Competency Exams and Praxis Sample Test Questions
2: State Offices for Teacher Certification and Licensure
3: INTASC Standards for Licensing Beginning Teachers and Teachers, Schools, and Society, Ninth Edition

Online Appendixes
A: Classroom Observation Guidelines
B: State Offices for Teacher Certification and Licensure
C: INTASC Standards for Licensing Beginning Teachers and Teachers, Schools, and Society, Ninth Edition

Glossary
Notes
Credits
Index