Foundations of Education

From Preservice to Practice uses vignettes of situations in which new teachers might find themselves and questions that encourage critical and applied thinking about how students might best respond in each situation.

Topical Overviews summarize and compare key topics, giving students a concise tool for reviewing important chapter concepts.

Technology @ School provides current information and research about developments regarding educational technology and helpful websites.

Taking Issue presents controversial issues in the field of education, offering arguments on both sides of a question so that students can understand why the topic is important and how it affects contemporary schools.

Timelines in the history and philosophy chapters in Part Two mark milestones in education.

End-of-chapter features include summary lists that facilitate understanding and analysis of content, and annotated lists of selected print and electronic resources for further learning that may be of special interest to readers.

*NEW* Education MindTap® is a first-of-its-kind digital solution that prepares future teachers by providing them with the knowledge, skills, and competencies they must demonstrate to earn an education degree and state licensure, and to begin and develop a successful career. Through videos showing real classroom situations and Scenario activities based on real-life teaching situations, MindTap elevates students' thinking by giving them experiences in applying concepts, practicing skills, and evaluating decisions, guiding them to become reflective educators.

*UPDATED* This edition is updated throughout with contemporary research and new discussions of timely topics, with a special emphasis on educational issues related to cultural diversity, standards and accountability, laws, the outlook for careers, teaching licensure, trends in teacher compensation, and the growing role of technology.

*UPDATED* Greater emphasis on the link between chapter content and the InTASC Standards is accomplished with a list of relevant standards at the beginning of each chapter, and a standards correlation chart for the entire book on the inside covers that provides an easily accessible snapshot of where the standards are covered.

*NEW* Key Terms, now defined in the margin, make is easy for students to access definitions and review terms in the chapter.

*NEW* Learning Objectives begin each chapter and are linked to the major sections in the chapters to help students understand desired outcomes and focus their reading. Focus Questions reinforce comprehension by connecting concepts in the book to students' likely personal situations.