The Art and Science of Teaching: An Introduction to American Education
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 274
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 276
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The Art and Science of Teaching provides students with a broad introduction to teaching and education in contemporary U.S. society. The book includes chapters that address such issues as:
- The Purposes of Public Schooling
- The Legal and Organizational Foundations of Public Schooling
- The Epistemology of Education and Learning Theories
- Schooling, Education, and the Educated Person
- Curriculum and Instruction
- Philosophy of Education and Reflective Practice
- Culture, Cultural Diversity, and Schooling
- Race and Racism in Schooling
- Religion and Religious Diversity in U.S. Society
- The Ideals of Democratic Education
This book, written by two experienced teachers and teacher educators, will be of value for both students who intend to become teachers themselves and for anyone who will be a future parent or citizen and wishes to better understand the American educational system.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Tables
Chapter 1 The Purposes of Public Schooling
Basic Knowledge and Skills
General Knowledge
Life Skills
Vocational and Career Preparation
The Transition to Adulthood and Entry into the Labor Market
Political Socialization
Social Control
Socialization and Acculturation
Religious Socialization
Health Care
Mandated Reporting
Providing Nutrition
Childcare
The Creation of Employment Opportunities
Questions for Reflection and Discussion
References
Chapter 2 The Legal and Organizational Foundations of Public Schooling
The Branches of Government: The Federal Level
The Legislative Branch
The Executive Branch
The Judicial Branch
The Branches of Government: The State Level
The Legislative Branch
The Executive Branch
The Judicial Branch
The Branches of Government and Public Schooling
The Legislative Branch and Public Schooling
The Executive Branch and Public Schooling
The Judicial Branch and Public Schooling
Education at the State Level
Public Schooling at the Local Level
Questions for Reflection and Discussion
References
Chapter 3 The Epistemology of Education and Learning Theories
Epistemology and the Philosophy of Science
Ethnoepistemology
The Nature of Knowledge
Metaphors in Educational Discourse
Theories of Learning
Behaviorism
Cognitivism
Constructivism
Lev Vygotsky and the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Learning Styles
Questions for Reflection and Discussion
References
Chapter 4 Schooling, Education, and the “Educated Person”
Schooling
Education
The Attributes of Education
The Procedural Criterion
The Nature of Training
The Ideal of the “Educated Person”
Alternative Conceptions of the “Educated Person”
Robert Maynard Hutchins
John Dewey
Mortimer Adler
Questions for Reflection and Discussion
References
Chapter 5 Curriculum and Instruction
The Curriculum
The Planned and Unplanned Curricula
The Excluded Curriculum
The Hidden Curriculum
The Historical Evolution of the Curriculum in the United States
The Curriculum and the Textbook
Curricular Nullification
The Role of Interdisciplinary Units in the Critical Curriculum
Instruction
The Acts of Teaching
Questions for Reflection and Discussion
References
Chapter 6 Philosophy of Education and Reflective Practice
Developing a Personal Philosophy of Education
Philosophical Schools of Thought
Analytic Philosophy of Education
Reflective Practice and the Classroom Teacher
The Knowledge Base of the Classroom Teacher
The Real World of the Classroom Teacher
Reflective Practice in the Classroom
From Reflective Practice to Critical Reflective Practice
Critical Literacy and Education
A Caveat
Questions for Reflection and Discussion
References
Chapter 7 Culture, Cultural Diversity, and Schooling
What Is Culture?
Language
Attitudes, Values, and Beliefs
Family and Kinship
Gender Roles and Expectations
History and Mythology
Foods and Eating
Sanctions and Taboos
Cultural Diversity and Cultural Pluralism
Cultural Diversity and Education: Multicultural Education
Questions for Reflection and Discussion
References
Chapter 8 Race and Racism in Schooling
The Social Construction of Race
The History of Race and Racism in the United States
Toward a Typology of Racism
Understanding Prejudice and Discrimination
The Concept and Reality of White Privilege
Anti-Racist Education and Public Schooling
Questions for Reflection and Discussion
References
Chapter 9 Religion and Religious Diversity in the United States
The Religious Diversity of the United States
Teaching About Religion in Public Schools
Christianity
Is the United States a “Christian Nation”?
Are There Anti-Christian Biases in American Society?
Judaism
Anti-Semitism in American Society
Islam
Islamophobia in the United States
Other Faiths and Public Schooling in the United States
Questions for Reflection and Discussion
References
Chapter 10 Politics, Ideology, and Schooling: The Ideals of Democratic Education
Education and Democracy
Education in Democracy
Education for Democracy
Democratic Education
Critical Pedagogy and the Teacher
Social Justice and Public Education
Questions for Reflection and Discussion
References
Timothy Reagan is Professor of Foreign Language Education in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Maine. He also holds the position of Research Fellow in the Department of South African Sign Language and Deaf Studies at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa. He has held faculty and administrative positions at a number of universities in the United States and overseas, including at Gallaudet University, Nazarbayev University (Kazakhstan), the University of Connecticut, and the University of the Witwatersrand. Reagan is the author of more than a dozen books, including Linguistic legitimacy and social justice, Language planning and language policy for sign languages, Language matters: Reflections on educational linguistics, Critical questions, critical perspectives: Language and the second language educator, and with Terry A. Osborn, The foreign language educator in society: Toward a critical pedagogy and World language education as critical pedagogy: The promise of social justice. He is also the author of more than 150 journal articles and book chapters, and his work has appeared in Arts and Humanities in Higher Education, Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, Educational Foundations, Educational Policy, Educational Theory, Foreign Language Annals, Harvard Educational Review, Language Policy, Language Problems and Language Planning, Multicultural Education, Sign Language Studies, and Semiotica. He served as co-editor, with Terry A. Osborn, of Critical Inquiry in Language Studies from 2004-2007, and as Editor-in-Chief of Language Problems and Language Planning from 2014-2018.
Terry A. Osborn, Ph.D. is Professor of Education at the University of South Florida. He taught secondary German for 6 years in Georgia and Florida prior to entering higher education. Dr. Osborn served twice as Interim Chancellor and as Vice Chancellor of Academic and Student Affairs at the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee. Dr. Osborn was previously Dean of the College of Education and held administrative roles on the faculties of Fordham University, Queens College of City University of New York and the University of Connecticut. He is an academic authority in applied linguistics and critical pedagogy. Osborn researches and publishes in the areas of foreign/world language education, interdisciplinary education, and critical pedagogy. Osborn's research has received a number of awards, including the American Educational Studies Association's Critic's Choice Award for his book, Critical Reflection and the Foreign Language Classroom. Osborn was awarded the Stephen Freeman Award by NECTFL for the best published article on foreign language teaching techniques. He was a founding officer of the International Society for Language Studies and founding co-editor of Critical Inquiry in Language Studies: An International Journal currently published by Routledge. He currently serves as Executive Director of the Florida Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. Dr. Osborn is editor of several academic book series in education.