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The most current coverage of the No Child Left Behind Act and a look at its impact on Education and teaching in Chapter 7: Standards, Testing and the Controversy Over Who Controls the Curriculum.
Expanded integrated technology resources
- An expanded video/DVD program with over an hour of new footage. Highlights of the footage include: teachers discussing the pros and cons of teaching; how technology is used in the classroom; teachers in action with assessment, classroom management and instruction; integrated clips from the Only a Teacher series; and more. The video is designed to connect the higher ed and school classrooms and to bring real teaching situations to life for your students.
- A NEW student media reader CD-ROM with case studies, readings, audio and video observations, and expanded online resources. Click here for a full listing of the supplements that accompany the text.
Expanded portfolio resources including a new introduction to portfolio development and a revised portfolio-activities section (now called RAPs -- Reflective Activities and Your Portfolio). These activities can now be easily used as part of a student's portfolio and are intended to help students personally connect to both the text content and INTASC standards.
An Expanded Appendix 2 "Praxis Teacher Competency Exams and Sample Test Questions" provides an explanation of the exam series and sample questions to help student preparation for licensing exams.