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School and Society: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, 4/e
Stephen E. Tozer, The University of Illinois, Chicago
Paul C. Violas
Guy Senese, Northern Arizona University

Feature Summary

New to This Edition

  • CAPSTONE CHAPTER: A new Chapter 15 wraps things up and looks to the future.
  • IN-TEXT PEDAGOGY: In addition to a new, more open design and updated photos, the revision incorporates for the first time specific pedagogical elements designed to help students, such as Chapter Overviews, Chapter Objectives, Timelines, Developing Your Professional Vocabulary, Thinking Critically About the Issues, Web Sites of Interest.
  • ADDITIONAL CONTENT: New material includes youth culture, teacher assessment tests (PRAXIS, subject area exams, portfolio assessment), recent legal issues, technology in education, parent-teacher relations, and cultural awareness and respect.
Features
  • BALANCED: The text is known for its very balanced, equal representation of historical and contemporary education. In addition, the text thoroughly explores the educational history of underserved groups in America.
  • ANALYTICAL FRAMWORK: In its examination of the history of the evolution of education in the United States, this book tells an engaging historical story. The text's analytical framework focuses on the political economy, the dominant ideology, and existing educational practices that are prevalent in any one historical era. Chapter 1 explains and illustrates this framework in detail.
  • CRITICAL THINKING: The text encourages critical thinking skills through end of chapter readings and cross-disciplinary analytical questions. Readings are designed to give students the opportunity to critique them using the same analytic framework that the authors employ in the text.
  • SCHOLARSHIP: The text offers more scholarship than other Foundations texts. It invites students to enter into a rich intellectual community.








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