Your Introduction to Education: Explorations in Teaching, 5th edition

Published by Pearson (May 21, 2024) © 2025

  • Sara Powell

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In this eTextbook — More ways to learn

  • More flexible. Start learning right away, on any device.
  • More supportive. Get AI explanations and practice questions (select titles).
  • More interactive. Bring learning to life with audio, videos, and diagrams.
  • More memorable. Make concepts stick with highlights, search, notes, and flashcards.
  • More understandable. Translate text into 100+ languages with one tap.

Title overview

Your Introduction to Education is an engaging overview of who teachers are, the work they do, and the realities of life in the classroom. Designed to help you discover your teaching identity, the text weaves the real-life experiences of 8 focus teachers and 8 students from 4 schools across the country into its content. These people and places are drawn from urban, suburban and rural settings, so you can examine teaching and learning from a variety of perspectives. Features throughout the text encourage you to reflect on what you’ve read, examine your own opinions, and develop your own personal teaching style.

The 5th Edition includes new content and strategies that support promoting diversity, equity and inclusion as well as active citizenship and civility. Up-to-date data, tables and figures help you envision the life circumstances of the students who will fill your classroom.

Table of contents

  1. Teachers and the Teaching Profession
  2. Creating Inclusive Classrooms: Student Similarities and Differences
  3. School Similarities and Differences
  4. Curriculum, Assessment, and Accountability
  5. The Science, Art, and Service of Teaching
  6. Creating and Maintaining a Productive and Inclusive Learning Environment
  7. History of Education in the United States
  8. Philosophical Foundations of Education in the United States
  9. The Societal Context of Schooling in the United States
  10. Ethical and Legal Issues in U.S. Schools
  11. Governing and Financing Public Schools
  12. Professionalism in Relationships, Reality, and Reform

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