Teachers, schools, and society

the long version

Teachers. Schools, and Society is designed for introductory courses in teacher education variously labeled Introduction to Education. Introduction to Teaching, or Foundations of Education. The primary intent of such a course, whatever its label, is to provide you with sufficiently broad and detailed exposure to the realities and intellectual context of teaching so that you can answer those all-important questions: Do I want to become a teacher? What do I need to become the best teacher possible? What should a professional in the field of education know? To help you answer these questions, we have produced a text with the following characteristics.