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Current Issues and Trends In Education, 2/E
Jerry Aldridge, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Renitta Goldman, University of Alabama at Birmingham

ISBN-10: 0205486207
ISBN-13: 9780205486205

Publisher: Merrill
Copyright: 2007
Format: Paper; 224 pp
Published: 07/05/2006
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Current Issues and Trends in Education synthesizes political, theoretical, social, and practical topics in a 21st Century context and promotes multicultural education, technology, and gender issues.

This text is accessible enough to be used in an introductory education class and yet sophisticated enough to serve as a graduate textbook. It is comprehensive in dealing with issues facing educators today, such as demographics, changing perceptions and research of human development and learning, and education in nontraditional settings. Its four parts cover (1) “Political, Economic, and Historical Issues and Trends,” (2) “Evolving Notions of Human Development and Learning,” (3) “Changing Views of Instruction,” and (4) “Issues in Accommodating Differences.”

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Charts in the chapters of Part 1 allow students to see demographic changes.
Vignettes in Part 3 allow students to debate how they would solve various dilemmas.
Interviews in the curriculum and instruction chapters where teachers share their views and opinions.
Thorough summary at the end of each chapter synthesizes chapter content and provides a review for students..
End-of-chapter problems and a central question for reflection promote further study and consideration of the chapter’s content.

New To This Edition

Chapter on Developmentally Appropriate Practice has been updated and expanded to include best practice guidelines for a wider age range of students. (Ch. 8)
New chapter on assessment includes discussion of questionable testing practices.
A new chapter reflects current events such as the impact of No Child Left Behind, including Highly Qualified Teachers, PRAXIS and teacher testing. (Ch. 7)
Discusses the pros and cons of technology as it relates to education, including topics ranging from assistive technology to Internet abuse and iPod mania.
Addresses teachers’,students’, and parents’ rights and responsibilities, including attitudes and dispositions, effective communication, and active participation versus passive/victim mentality.
Provides new ways of looking at the organization of schools, including the pros and cons of various issues related to teacher education.
Covers current theories related to education, including change theory and attribution theory.

Table of Contents

I. POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND HISTORICAL TRENDS IN EDUCATION.

1. Politics and Education.

2. Changing Demographics amid Diversity.

3. The Rights of Children.

II. EVOLVING NOTIONS OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING.

4. Theoretical Shifts in Our Understanding of Children.

5. Changing Curricular Practices

III. CHANGING VIEWS OF ASSESSMENT AND INSTRUCTION.

6. Changing Views of Assessment.

7. No Child Left Behind?

8. Developmentally Appropriate Practice: Best Practice for All Students.

9. Social Promotion, Retention, and Alternative Possibilities.

IV. ISSUES IN ACCOMMODATING INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY DIFFERENCES.

10. Teaching in Inclusive Settings.

11. Multicultural Education and the Cultural Curriculum.

12. Working with Families.

13. Discipline and Classroom Management.

Epilogue: What’s Next? Future Issues Trends in Education.

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Introduction / Foundations of Education [SUPPLEMENTS] (Foundations / Intro to Teaching)
Issues in Education (Foundations / Intro to Teaching)
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Current Issues and Trends in Education synthesizes political, theoretical, social, and practical topics in a 21st Century context and addresses multicultural education, technology, and gender issues. This text is accessible enough to be used in an introductory education class and yet sophisticated enough to serve as a graduate textbook. It is comprehensive in dealing with issues facing educators today, such as demographics, changing perceptions and research in human development and learning, and education in nontraditional settings.

NEW to this Edition:

New chapter (6) on assessment includes discussion of questionable testing practices.
New chapter (7) reflects current events such as the impact of No Child Left Behind, including Highly Qualified Teachers, PRAXIS and teacher testing ).
Chapter on developmentally appropriate practice (8)has been updated and expanded to include best practice guidelines for a wider age range of students.
Discusses the pros and cons of technology as it relates to education, including topics ranging from assistive technology to Internet abuse and iPod mania.
Addresses teachers’, students’, and parents’ rights and responsibilities, including attitudes and dispositions, effective communication, and active participation versus passive/victim mentality.
Provides new ways of looking at the organization of schools, including the pros and cons of various issues related to teacher education.
Covers current theories related to education, including change theory and attribution theory.

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