Teacher Training: A Reference Handbook (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781576073575)

A critical and thought-provoking examination of the teaching profession, from academic preparation and training to opportunities for professional advancement.

Even if math teachers had degrees in mathematics and more physics teachers majored or minored in physics, how would that address behavioral problems, emotionally disturbed children, apathetic parents, and decaying school buildings? How would requiring teachers to have degrees in their content areas attract better-qualified teachers? In what ways would such degrees make teachers better qualified and suited for classrooms?

In this volume, education professor Dave Pushkin, a former high school and community college chemistry and physics teacher, probes beneath the surface of easy answers to determine what the problem with education really is. Tired of being stressed out and burned out doing things he was never trained to do, he examines everything from student teaching and certification to hiring and teaching outside one's own field.

Author: David B. Pushkin
ISBN-10: 1576073572
ISBN-13: 9781576073575
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Language: English
Published: 11/20/2001
Pages: 264
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.13lbs
Size: 8.88h x 6.72w x 0.96d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 03/15/2002 pg. 1274
American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2002 pg. 108
Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2002 pg. 220