Introduction to Teaching

Gene E. Hall, PhD, Research Professor, University of Colorado-Denver. In 2017 he became professor emeritus at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He continues to be involved in projects related to implementing change in the United States, and elsewhere. He has had a career-long involvement with the development of programs and national accreditation of teacher education. He began his career as the science methods instructor and faculty team member for the experimental Personalized Teacher Education Program (PTEP) at the national R&D Center for Teacher Education, The University of Texas at Austin. Subsequently, he was a faculty member at the University of Florida, the University of Northern Colorado, and UNLV. He has twice been the dean of a college of education. He also has had career-long involvement with studies of the change process and development of tools and applications of the Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM). He is coauthor of Implementing Change: Patterns, Principles and Potholes (5th edition) and The Foundations of Education (17th edition).

Part I: Today¿s Teachers, Students, and Schools
Chapter 1: Becoming a Teacher
Chapter 2: Today¿s Students
Chapter 3: The Exceptionalities of Learners
Chapter 4: The Social Context of Schools
Chapter 5: Families and Communities
Part II: The Foundations of Education
Chapter 6: History of Schools in the United States
Chapter 7: Developing a Philosophy of Teaching and Learning
Chapter 8: Organizing and Financing Schools for Learning
Chapter 9: The Law as It Relates to Teaching and Learning
Part III: Teaching for Student Learning
Chapter 10: Curriculum, Standards, and Benchmarks
Chapter 11: Managing the Classroom and Student Behavior
Chapter 12: Teaching Strategies
Chapter 13: Assessing Student Learning and Using the Results
Part IV: Becoming Tomorrow¿s Highly Effective Teacher
Chapter 14: Succeeding in Your Teacher Education Program, and Beyond