Foundations of American Education, 8th edition

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• Video Insight provides video, related questions, and suggested responses. (See pages 14, 19, and 64 for examples.)
• Check Your Understanding Quizzes with exercises matched to chapter learning outcomes help readers apply the concepts and ensure that they master the learning outcomes. Exercises and suggested feedback are provided in the Pearson eText. (See pages 14, 137, and 393 for examples.)
• Chapter Quizzes at the end of each chapter help assess student understanding of chapter content and provide feedback. (See pages 68, 155, and 410 for examples.)
• Prepare for the Praxis Examination features include questions that link the issues in the text’s case studies to professional knowledge and practice. (See pages 67, 68, and 155 for examples.)

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Additional text benefits include:

• Comprehensive, up to date, and balanced, this classic text teaches the foundations of American education by showing students how to:
  • Read, think about, and respond to current educational issues.
    • Controversial Issues features helps students consider values and beliefs as they read about and reflect on controversial educational issues. For and against statements provide opportunities for further analysis of the issues.
    • Ask Yourself features encourage readers to think critically about and make connections between the content and their future teaching practice.
    • For Your Reflection and Analysis margin notes encourage readers to stop, think critically, and reflect on chapter content, connect it to their own thinking and beliefs, and then consider their responses.
    • Chapter Opening Vignettes feature real education-related cases, followed by a series of reflections questions that connect the vignette to the broader foundations of education.
  • Reflect on how the past influences education today.
    • Historical Note features familiarize readers with key individuals and hallmark educational developments in the history of education.
  • Prepare to become professionals.
    • Reflection Questions at the end of each chapter encourage readers to reflect on how they might respond to topics and issues raised in the chapter.
    • Prepare for Your Licensure Examination case study activities at the end of every chapter present realistic case studies similar to those found in the Praxis II Principles of Learning and Teaching examination.
    • Develop Your Portfolio end-of-chapter activities incorporate the InTASC standards and serve as a guide as readers begin to develop materials to include in their professional portfolios.
    • An InTASC Correlation Matrix on the inside front and back covers connects chapter content to the InTASC standards for easy reference.
  • NEW! Keep up to date on the major issues and challenges shaping education today through a fresh new look at topics such as:
    • Increased state and federal government involvement in education.
    • The movement toward national standards.
    • The continued emphasis on student achievement data and the push to include data in teacher and administrator evaluations.
    • The rapid growth and support for charter schools.
    • The minority to majority demographic shift in the student population.
  • NEW! Connect theory and practice with a new emphasis that looks at:
    • The philosophical and historical roots of education.
    • Its current organizational, legal, and financial structure.
    • The future of the field.

Invigorate learning with the Enhanced Pearson eText
The Enhanced Pearson eText provides a rich, interactive learning environment designed to improve student mastery of content with the following multimedia features:

• Video Insight provides video, related questions, and suggested responses. (See pages 14, 19, and 64 for examples.)
• Check Your Understanding Quizzes with exercises matched to chapter learning outcomes help readers apply the concepts and ensure that they master the learning outcomes. Exercises and suggested feedback are provided in the Pearson eText. (See pages 14, 137, and 393 for examples.)
• Chapter Quizzes at the end of each chapter help assess student understanding of chapter content and provide feedback. (See pages 68, 155, and 410 for examples.)
• Prepare for the Praxis Examination features include questions that link the issues in the text’s case studies to professional knowledge and practice. (See pages 67, 68, and 155 for examples.)

Students can experience the advantages of the Enhanced Pearson eText along with all the benefits of print for 40% to 50% less than a print bound book! Students, register for or purchase your eText at pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks/ted. Instructors, visit pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks/ted to register for your digital examination copy.

Key content changes include:

• A fresh, new look at the major challenge and issues shaping education today, among them:
  • Increased state and federal government involvement in education.
  • The movement toward national standards.
  • The continued emphasis on student achievement data and the push to include data in teacher and administrator evaluations.
  • The rapid growth and support for charter schools.
  • The minority to majority demographic shift in the student population.
• An emphasis on the necessity of connecting theory and practice by examining:
  • The philosophical and historical roots of education.
  • Its current organizational, legal, and financial structure.
  • The future of the field.
• Updated research and practice:
  • All data tables have been updated.
  • Selected tables and figures were eliminated and new ones added as graphic organizers.
• Also NEW to this edition:
  • Reflection questions at the end of each chapters ask students to think about their educational philosophy, experiences and positions, or speculate on their response to educational issues or professional practice.
  • An expanded discussion of professional development includes induction, mentoring, and opportunities for career advancement (Ch. 2).
  • An expanded discussion of international testing programs is included in Chapter 15.
  • Expanded discussion of the Common Core State Standards and the assessment aligned with the standards are included in Chapters 7, 15, and 15.
  • A look at the educational implications of the demographic and economic changes and challenges facing states and school districts is integrated throughout the text.