What We Work With (eBook)

Troubling Times for Educators

William C. McCoy (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2002
208 Seiten
R&L Education (Verlag)
978-1-4616-5551-0 (ISBN)

Infos

This educator's response to the 'failing school' issue offers firsthand knowledge and in depth understanding into rationale other than poor teachers and schools. Pointing a good portion of the responsibility on the students, parents, and communities in their roles in the educational process, McCoy takes into account the complexities of the many duties; responsibilities; frustrations; student, parent, and legal issues facing today's teachers.

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Teachers are easily and often criticized. New waves of criticism have gained momentum due to what some have termed our 'failing schools.' The schools and the teachers in particular have been singled out as targets for reproach based on flawed and often erroneous premises arrived at by many who have never spent a day in our schools and walked the walk with a teacher. William McCoy writes from the perspective of more than twenty years experience in the public schools. He knows that today, too many students are arriving at school with poor attitudes that sooner or later reflect on their academic success and behavior. These attitudes are formed from the beliefs and attitudes our youth encounter at home and in the community. His inside perspective on the countless other possible reasons schools are not measuring up to expectations makes the case for students, parents, and the community to realize 'we are all teachers_children learn from everyone.' Knowing there is no one answer, McCoy opens a new door of understanding of the educators' dilemmas and predicament in an increasingly complicated profession.

Autor

William C. McCoy has well over 20 years experience teaching in public schools. Currently he writes full-time from his home in a suburb of Austin, Texas.

Inhalt

Part 1 AcknowledgmentsPart 2 IntroductionChapter 3 1 The Way It WasChapter 4 2 Behavior Disorder or Disorderly Behavior?Chapter 5 3 Special EducationChapter 6 4 The Prevailing SchoolChapter 7 5 Teachers Under FireChapter 8 6 My ResignationChapter 9 7 PossibilitiesChapter 10 About the Author

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.10.2002
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lernhilfen ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Pädagogische Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Zivilverfahrensrecht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-10: 1-4616-5551-X / 146165551X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4616-5551-0 / 9781461655510