Teachers, Schools, and Society with Free Making the Grade CD and Online Learning Center Password Card

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Summary: Mediocre at best
Review: I am no educational research expert, but the Sadkers seem to have a very left-wing political slant in their presentation of "the facts". Their so called "You be the judge" and other controversial issue discussions often give both sides without any evidence behind the various points of view, leading the reader to believe that they are equally valid.

The book isn't particularly useful either when it comes to offering real world advice to future teachers on lesson planning, disciplnary procedures, or how a mere teacher can make his/her voice heard on the school district board to effect change. It's mostly theory-based and speaks in very general terms. This is characteristic however, of many published pieces in the genre. Facts, figures, and charts are prominent and welcomed, but are few and far between.

Overpriced for little content.

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Summary: How effective are our teachers today.
Review: The book was very detailed. We used in our college class and it really has very interesting, upto date information. It tells us how to teach, can teaching be taught or is it an art or science. The book also tells us about pedagy and we discussed adrogogy as well.

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Summary: Teachers, Schools, and Society
Review: The seller of this book was not upfront in her business dealings. I needed the 5th edition, and she put the ISBN # for the 4th. Consequently I ended up paying an outrageous amount for an out of date book. The content of the book is good, but inn comparison with the current edition doesn't compare with the quality.