Becoming a Teacher (Hardcover)

by Forrest W. Parkay (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Substantially revised, this book highlights 21st century teaching practices and issues to help readers discover what it takes to become professional teachers. Becoming a Teacher expands its emphasis on "mentoring" and contemporary trends and topics, giving greater coverage to technology and social issues. Case studies and discussions of teacher leadership encourage interactions with the concepts presented. The fifth edition of Becoming a Teacher provides the tools and information necessary to answer the questions "What does it take to become a professional teacher?" and "Do I want to teach?" For pre-service and in-service teachers. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the Back Cover

Becoming a Teacher, Eighth Edition provides future teachers with a motivational and realistic look at what it means to be a teacher today.  Through its inviting prose, glimpses into real classrooms, and hallmark Dear Mentor feature, Becoming a Teacher places readers in the shoes of real teachers, helping them determine: is teaching for me ? 

 

Presents the Realities of Teaching Today.  Take a look inside real classrooms through the following features:

• Dear Mentor – All new – Offers experienced teachers’ advice about new teachers’ commonly asked questions and concerns.
• New!  Teaching on Your Feet – Shows how teachers make important, spontaneous decisions that can turn negative situations into positive outcomes.
• Teachers’ Voices: Research to Reality – Nine new articles – Illustrates how chapter content applies to real classroom situations. 
• Teachers’ Voices: Walk in My Shoes – Nine new reflections – Shares real teachers’ insights, challenges, and accomplishments in the classroom.   

 

Presents the Latest Trends in Technology and Teaching.  Take a look at new advances in teaching technology through the following features:

• New!  Chapter 12, Integrating Technology into Teaching – Explores how technology is transforming teaching and learning today.  
• New!  Technology in Action – Shows how teachers can use technology to enhance student learning, and gives readers opportunities to try it out themselves. 

 

Offers Innovative Learning Technology.  Take control of your learning through MyEducationLab, a research-based learning tool that brings teaching in today’s classrooms to life.  Through authentic in-classroom video, student artifacts, research articles and more, MyEducationLab prepares you for your teaching career.  MyEducationLab for this text includes:

• Chapter Study Plans – Offers quizzes to test mastery of chapter objectives.
• Review, Practice, and Enrichment – Provides exercises to deepen understanding of chapter content.
• Activities and Application – Fosters application of chapter concepts.
• Virtual Field Experience – Provides additional video activities for students who are unable to visit real schools.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon; 4th Packag edition (June 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0205301754
• ISBN-13: 978-0205301751
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.5 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #6,874,776 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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25 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Overpriced and not honest enough, August 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Becoming a Teacher (Hardcover)

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.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good overview on the system, May 8, 2001

By	"isothana" (MO, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Becoming a Teacher (5th Edition) (Hardcover)

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.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Start, August 26, 2006

By	D. Cox (Central Florida) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Becoming a Teacher, Sixth Edition (Paperback)

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.