Customer Reviews

Becoming a Teacher

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3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

No book can fully relate what it is like to become a teacher. Do you want to know what teaching's really like? Sit in for a week at a school, preferably the kind of school that beginning teachers usually get their start in (read: poor ones). Observe the classes. Talk to the teachers. Talk to the administrators. Talk to the kids. Tell them to be honest with you. One week of that will tell you more about teaching and education today than this book.

Overall, it is a very good introductory text. It covers a broad range of topics. Overall, this is a basic first semester text for both Elementary and Secondary Teachers. Don't expect it to Rock Your World, but overall its pretty good.

I had the misfortune of attending a class where this was the required text. This may be the worst textbook I've ever had. The editors have no pretenses about being objective: they often present only one side of an issue, or dramatically downplay the opposing view. Some of the exercises are comically biased. The MyLabSchool portion of the text was abysmal: the pre- and post-tests were riddled with errors. My professor was engaged in a continuous battle with the publishing company over the shoddy workmanship. The online video portions would freeze or, more often than not, simply not play - the whole class complained about it.

If you are a professor looking to acquire a new text for your class, please skip over this one. If you're a student who is required to use this text, Lord help you.

The book is in overall great condition and a good read. The only problem is that this particular printing/edition is missing Chapter 4 and has two Chapter 5's. This was not just a problem with my book. Several others in my class also have the same problem with this printing of the book and they bought theirs from different places. Amazon needs to be more careful about the product they send out. I got it for a good price, but expected to have a complete book.

This book is good for anyone who wants to be in a teaching professional in secondary level. It provides almost every aspect of the professional. I found it very helpful to understand what lies ahead if I want to teach. It might not be suitable to use as mentor. It didn't discuss much about what is going on in school but more on what to expect. A good resource for any beginning teacher.

Unsatisfactory to be missing an entire chapter. Chapter 4 is missing, and using the book for the course I didn't get to that section and realize it until after Amazon's return window had expired, which means best I'd get is 50% back and I'd have to pay my own shipping. Poor quality control to let that one through.

Length:: 1:21 Mins

I am so upset because I have to do a homework from the chapter 4 by Wedn. and now I found that this particular book has not chapter 4, it is missing about 100 pages, and has double chapter 5. It was not a cheap book, used, but not cheap, it did not mentioned that it was missing chapter 4, it said that it was in good condition, however it is missing a whole chapter 4. I would like to know if there is something Amazon could do to help me, I would accept the chapter four to be send via e-mail, I will use it just for my homework that worth 10 points, and I need chapter four as soon as possible, I really don't know what we can do to fix this problem of us, please advice if you have a better idea.

Best regards and thanks for your understanding.

Veronica Saenz

This text is comprehensive in scope. It presents educational theories whose understanding is imperative in today's classroom.
It is an excellent beginning for the student who plans to teach.

My book also had no chapter 4 and two chapter 5s. It has the first and last pages of chapter 4, but that is it. It is going to be interesting trying to get all the homework for chapter 4 done. I can't believe that a book would be published without a chapter, teachers that are going to make their students buy this book need be aware of this potential default.

This book was missing three or more chapters but seller did not mention upon sale. This would have been a great book if all the pages were included...