Teaching and Learning in the Elementary School

This text presents elementary school teaching as a call to the service of humanity, and emphasizes that effective elementary school teaching involves continual, thoughtful, and reflective decision-making. Features of the eighth edition include: Chapter openers connect Praxis III domains, INTASC principles, and National Board standards to chapter content Two performance-outcome projects, "developing a personal plan for classroom management" and "developing a unit plan of instruction", give students experience in applying teaching concepts Strong and updated research base that emphasizes the professional skills and strategies for teaching today "Verbal snapshots" of real incidents experienced by teachers provide provocative springboards for critical thinking and class discussionJarolimek, John is the author of 'Teaching and Learning in the Elementary School', published 2004 under ISBN 9780131146846 and ISBN 013114684X.