Foundations of American Education

by L. Dean Webb, Arlene Metha

This classic text provides a clear picture of why the fundamentals of American education are important to today’s teachers—and how the evolution of education affects today’s teaching and learning. It focuses on helping students become highly qualified teachers by connecting theory and practice, examining the philosophical and historical roots of education as well as its current structures, and exploring the real-life challenges facing teachers and the future of education and the teaching profession. Comprehensive, up to date, and balanced, Foundations of American Education shows students how to read, think about, and respond to current educational issues; asks them to reflect on how the past influences education today; and helps to prepare them to become professional educators. The new edition provides a fresh look at such topics as government involvement in education, the national standards, student achievement data, charter schools, and the minority to majority demographic shift in the student population. The Enhanced Pearson eText features embedded videos and assessments.

Genres: Education, Nonfiction

464 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1992

Reviews

[Joel · Rating 2 out of 5]

Eh . . .

[Pashew · Rating 5 out of 5]

What you read here maynot look like its in the book, but it is :)

Reality looks different for anyone. Every single individual sees reality in a way s/he thinks this the thing called what is right. But when it comes to talk about education and school, no way there should be many methods to evaluate the reality one holds if it is to be put into the heads of the kids. I think we can’t decide on the future of a kid based on a theory, a philosophy or an idea, as long as life continues we should be in constant attempt to provide best education for their future, an education that correlates both lives, an education from the cradle to the grave, and education from here to the hereafter.
Humanity has suffered from the world of worldly ideas, the casualties of the both World Wars can’t be counted, the money was put there is unimaginable, I wonder if all the attempts, human capacities, finance , everything spent for that cause, was put for education, what our world would be now? How would it be? But what can you do with ignorance, it all has been put for the sake of ignorance instead of knowledge. The tide put us on a cliff when it could take us up high to the tops.
Man can’t stop thinking, the changes happening to the ideas, philosophies getting expired attests this. And at the same time Man is need of ideas capable of keeping a balance between the two lives, because Man’s happiness in life depends on the afterlife. So, in light of what said before, I think it would not be a proper education to solely depend on a sole idea and practicing it through some specific time during a class, even though I think it is almost impossible.

Read the rest of the writing here http://pashewmajeed.blogspot.com/2013...

[Matt Ely · Rating 3 out of 5]

I mean, it's a textbook. But as a broad survey of the topic, you could definitely do worse. As is often the case, the best use of the book is surveying for something that might pique your interest, then doing more substantial reading on that topic alone. Obviously, most of this will leave no impact unless you have an engaged group to discuss it with, so it's best read in a conversation-heavy format.

[Talbot Hook · Rating 3 out of 5]

While the necessary information is all there, issues in layout and organization exist, and some of the text and illustrative materials are horrible.

The book also gets inexorably duller as the book goes on.

[Caroline Hayes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy read and extremely informative! Love it! I love the quizzes that go with it. I've made As and Bs on every one!