The act of Teaching FROM THE PUBLISHER
A core text for the general methods course,its mission is to provide students with the explicit,step-by-step guidance needed to get them up-and-running as practitioners of the most commonly used teaching strategies and skills. No other text (including Arends) provides as much practical,how-to-guidance for such a wide variety of strategies and skills.
FROM THE CRITICS
Booknews
Presents a text and attached case book for pre-service teachers, covering human learning research, instruction and assessment, and personal attributes and professional skills teachers need. Learning features include summaries and questions, plus an entire section of activities intended to increase classroom skills and problem solving. The accompanying case book contains detailed examples of classroom practice illustrating teaching methods. This second edition expands coverage of constructivism, cognitive learning theory, and technology. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.