Teaching In the Middle School, 4th edition

Published by Pearson (May 13, 2011) © 2012
  • M Lee Manning
  • Katherine T. Bucher

Title overview

  • Scenarios - at the beginning of each chapter prepare students for the topics that will be discussed.
  • Case Studies - in each chapter examine the topics being discussed and shows how middle school teachers responded.  They are sometimes a continuation of the situation found in the opening scenario; other times, they present a new problem.
  • Diversity Perspectives - use examples that reflect our nation's cultural diversity and our increasing recognition of gender differences.  Each one looks at a particular topic that is actually discussed in the chapter and considers how middle school educators can be cultural- and gender-responsive.
  • Theory into Practice (TIP) - takes concepts found in each chapter and provides practical classroom or school examples, indicates how to use research findings in a school setting, or offers a checklist for evaluating the existence of a concept in middle school.
  • Anecdotal Accounts - A variety of the authors' experiences related in such a way that the reader feels they are "looking over the authors' shoulders."
  • Chapter Objectives - at the beginning of each chapter help readers as an organizer, and study/review guide.
  • Make connections to the professional NMSA/NCATE Standards through a matrix located on the inside front cover indicating where content related to those standards appears throughout the text.

     

    • Expanded coverage of important topics prepare students to teach in today’s schools including:

    • information on diverse learners in the middle school,
    • educating for social justice,
    • culturally responsive educational experiences,
    • diagnostic assessments of young adolescents from culturally different backgrounds,
    • the elemiddle school movement,
    • the hidden curriculum,
    • and backwards design of instruction or the understanding of design.

     

    Updated Curriculum and Instruction coverage including information on unpacking standards, interdisciplinary teaching, multicultural curriculum framework, Project CRISS, and information literacy and technology.

     

    This edition has been thoroughly updated including:

    • Theory into Practice and Diversity Perspectives features, revised to reflect the most current information and issues in the field.
    • Updated website references
       pointing students to more information on the history of middle schools as well as more examples of exemplary middle schools. (Ch. 1)
    • New and updated internet links in the Keeping Current with Technology feature located throughout the text.
    • Suggested Readings now send readers to works ©2009 or later.
    • Thorough updates to the References throughout the book, with most updated to ©2000 or newer.

    Table of contents

    Part I Understanding Middle Schools and Young Adolescents 

    Chapter 1: Middle Schools Today–Concepts and Teaching 

    Chapter 2: Young Adolescents–Development and Issues 

    Chapter 3: Guiding Young Adolescents–Teachers and Counselors 

     

    Part II Developing the Curriculum and Organizing the School 

    Chapter 4: Middle School Curriculum–Core and Related Domains 

    Chapter 5: Middle School Curriculum–Integrated and Exploratory 

     

    Part III Planning, Implementing, and Assessing Instruction 

    Chapter 6: Planning Instruction–Appropriate and Interdisciplinary 

    Chapter 7: Implementing Instruction–Methods and Materials 

    Chapter 8: Assessment of Learning–Methods and Issues 

    Chapter 9: Managing Young Adolescents and Environments–Strategies and Techniques 

     

    Part IV Working with External Communities 

    Chapter 10: Parents, Families, and Community Members–Partners   and Resources 

     

    Epilogue: Middle Schools of the Future 

     

    Glossary 

    References 

    Name Index 

    Subject Index 

    Author bios

    Dr. Katherine Toth Bucher

     

    In 2008, Dr. Katherine Toth Bucher retired as professor emerita from the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia where she served as assistant department chair and graduate program director for the elementary, middle school, and library science programs. She has written several books including Teaching in the Middle School; Classroom Management: Models Applications and Cases; and Books about the Middle East: Selecting and Using Them with Children and Adolescents, as well as numerous articles and book chapters.

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