PART I: Teachers and Students
Chapter 1: Becoming a Teacher
Chapter 2: Different Ways of Learning
Chapter 3: Culturally Responsive Teaching
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PART II: Schools and Curriculum
Chapter 4: Schools: Choices and Challenges
Chapter 5: Student Life in School and at Home
Chapter 6: Curriculum, Standards, and Testing
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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
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PART IV: Your Classroom
Chapter 11: Teacher Effectiveness
Chapter 12: Your First Classroom
Chapter 13: Q and A Guide to Entering the Teaching Profession
The Courage to Teach: A Final Word
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Text Appendixes
1: State Offices for Teacher Certification and Licensure
2: Praxis Teacher Competency Exams and Sample Test Questions

Online Appendixes
A: Curricular Tension Points and Trends
B: Classroom Observation Guidelines
C: Software by Subject Area
D: A Summary of Selected Reports on Education Reform
E: State Offices for Teacher Certification and Licensure
Glossary
Notes
Credits
Index