Foundations of Education
American Schools and the Common Good
- Textbook
Foundations of Education
American Schools and the Common Good
- Textbook
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Description
Foundations of Education introduces the major topics and debates in contemporary American education, including teaching as a profession, school governance, social class, gender, and disabilities.
The 2nd edition includes two new chapters on race and ethnicity, and immigration and language, and each of the other chapters have been thoroughly updated to respond to the latest research and events. The book introduces ways that pre-and in-service teachers can address these topics using a foundations approach, that is, to look at the problems from historical, philosophical, and sociological perspectives and bringing together relevant findings from those disciplines to analyze and illuminate educational issues. The book includes exercises, discussion questions, international case studies for comparative purposes, and is supported by a companion website with additional reading suggestions, links to relevant websites, videos, and podcasts. This is a text that responds to current developments, changes, and trends in teacher education and society more broadly, from discussion of climate change, to culturally responsive pedagogy to critical race theory. Foundations of Education will prepare a new generation of educators for a globalized and technology-driven society that needs to be aware of its best educational traditions, its current problems and its future possibilities.
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Table of Contents
How To Use This Book
1. Teaching as a Profession
2. School Governance and Control
3. Social Class and Education
4. Race, Ethnicity, and Education
5. Immigration, Language, and Education
6. Gender and Education
7. Education of People with Disabilities
Conclusion
References
Index
Product details
| Published | Aug 06 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 2nd |
| Pages | 400 |
| ISBN | 9781350442047 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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