Learning and Teaching: Research-Based Methods (5th Edition) [Paperback]

Don P. Kauchak (Author), Paul Eggen (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0205495214 | ISBN-13: 978-0205495214 | Publication Date: May 21, 2006 | Edition: 5

This substantially revised Fourth Edition represents one of the most up-to-date, research-based methods texts available today. This text has two specific goals: to change how teachers think about teaching and to change how they actually teach. Solidly grounded in research, the text describes practical methods in a clear, readable manner with numerous case examples and offers suggestions for applying those methods in today's diverse school environments. Kauchak and Eggen organize their discussion around three important themes in education: diversity, motivation, and technology.

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This new fifth edition of Learning and Teaching: Research-Based Methods represents one of the most up-to-date, research-based methods texts available today.  The text has two specific goals: to change how teachers think about teaching and to change how they actually teach. Solidly grounded in research, Learning and Teaching describes practical methods in a clear, readable manner with numerous case examples and offers suggestions for applying those methods in today’s diverse school environments. Kauchak and Eggen organize their discussion around three important themes in education–diversity, motivation, and technology.

 

New to This Edition

 

• Includes a new chapter on problem-based learning in the classroom, “Problem-Based Instruction” (Chapter 11)

 

• Illustrates how to use the book as a tool for developing professional portfolios (Chapter 1) and provides concrete suggestions at the end of every chapter

 

• Provides standards-based professional development, describing how INTASC and National Board Certification will influence teachers' professional lives (Chapter 1)

 

• Explains effective instructional strategies for ESL students (Chapter 2)

 

• Describes how to use technology to assist students with disabilities (Chapter 2)

 

• Examines national reform efforts and their influence on schools (Chapter 2)

 

 

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About the Author

Don Kauchak

 

Don has taught and worked in schools and in higher education in nine different states for thirty-five years. He has published in a number of scholarly journals, including the Journal of Educational Research, Journal of Teacher Education, Teaching and Teacher Education, Phi Delta Kappan, and Educational Leadership. In addition to this text, he has co-authored or co-edited six other books on education. He has also been a principal investigator on federal and state grants examining teacher development and evaluation practices, and he presents regularly at the American Educational Research Association. He currently volunteer-tutors first-, second-, and third-graders in a local elementary school. It's a lot of fun and he is learning a lot about both kids and classrooms.

 

Don strongly believes in the contribution that public schools make to our democracy, and his two children benefited greatly from their experiences in state-supported K–12 schools and public institutions of higher education.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon; 5 edition (May 21, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0205495214
• ISBN-13: 978-0205495214
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #267,865 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Don't buy this book unless it's required for the course. It came in wonderful condition, but I wanted to throw the book out as soon as I read the first chapter. It's written for someone at the sixth grade level and does not present any complex ideas.