Foundations of Education: The Challenge of Professional Practice

by Joanne M. Herbert, Robert F. McNergney, Thomas M. Bernhard

Book Overview

This text presents teaching as a dynamic, integrated profession. Each chapter delineates, in an analytical and practical manner, how professional teachers can most effectively utilize their unique... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0205389287
• ISBN13: 9780205389285
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 2.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.3" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Foundations of Education

This textbook is a clear, straightforward, and practical look at the principals of teaching today. I would highly recommend this text for any undergraduate working toward a degree in education or any professor looking for a new text for their Introduction to Education course. This is an excellent starting point for those who wish to learn more about the history of teaching as well as more current issues such as parental involvement or diversity in education. The authors have presented this information in a reader-friendly style with many helpful Web site addresses and personal narratives from experienced teachers in the field. Attractive charts and graphs presented throughout each chapter are also quite helpful in relating difficult concepts. Overall, this is a high quality undergraduate textbook for anyone wishing to enter the field of teaching.

Foundations of Education

Foundations of Education - The Challenge of Professional Practice by Robert F. McNergney and Joanne M. Herbert is, in my opinion, a very well written text book to be used in an "Introduction to Education" class. The book is very easy to read, with each chapter following the same user friendly outline. The book makes excellent use of data presented in various chart and graph form. The "Voices" section in each chapter gives the reader personal glimpses of people in the teaching profession - presenting both present day and historical view points. The "Benchmark" pages at the end of each of the chapters help summarize the information from the chapter in chronological order, and even the chapter summaries help guide your study while reading the text. The "Online Activity" following each chapter serves as an excellent additional resource for the reader. The topics covered in the book are relevant to today's teaching profession, and give the reader an up-to-date view of what being a teacher involves. The book is definitely written for a person who does not have a prior educational background, who may be considering entering the field of teaching.

Foundations of Education

I have purchased several hundred dollars worth of books over the years for required reading in classes I have taken. I would have to say that this book is the "most for the money". It will be an excellent resource for me in the future. I plan to keep it as a reference in school-related matters. I only wish that I had had access to this material when I was first starting out as a teacher. The chapters are very well organized, and the visual aids (graphs, charts, pictures) were well selected and beneficial - the benchmark timelines helped to summarize several important events. The "Voices" sections in each chapter, featuring different viewpoints from real people on topics related to the chapter gave the somewhat lenthy, arduous chapters life and vitality. The inside cover of the book included educational issues included in the book. I found myself several times scanning through the list, thinking of my position on the matter. If there would be any fault of the book, I would have to say that the chapters could have been a little shorter. It seemed like a great deal of information to absorb. I would recommend this book for anyone interested in all aspects of education.

Foundations of Education

Foundations of Education - The Challenge of Professional Practice by Robert F. McNergney and Joanne M. Herbert is, in my opinion, a very well written text book to be used in an "Introduction to Education" class. The book is very easy to read, with each chapter following the same user friendly outline. The book makes excellent use of data presented in various chart and graph form. The "Voices" section in each chapter gives the reader personal glimpses of people in the teaching profession - presenting both present day and historical view points. The "Benchmark" pages at the end of each of the chapters help summarize the information from the chapter in chronological order, and even the chapter summaries help guide your study while reading the text. The "Online Activity" following each chapter serves as an excellent additional resource for the reader. The topics covered in the book are relevant to today's teaching profession, and give the reader an up-to-date view of what being a teacher involves. The book is definitely written for a person who does not have a prior educational background, who may be considering entering the field of teaching.

A New Teacher's Guide to Teaching as a Profession

Foundations of Education 2nd Edition is an excellent book for the person entering the challenging profession of teaching. Professional teachers need to be knowledgable in school history, federal and local influences on school governance and finance, legal resonsibilities of students, parents, and teachers, the differing philosophies effecting education, social issues and cultural diversity in public schools today, along with curriculum and instruction, and teaching in today's challenging and tomorrow's changing world. This textbook has resourceful URL's (World Wide Web sites) to enhance the understanding of concepts and Reflective Practice exercises and Online Activities at the end of each chapter. Benchmarks help in understanding the important points in education history and the tables found in each chapter highlight important information. This is also an excellent resource book for all professional teachers.