Teaching, Bearing The Torch

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Summary: A "MUST HAVE" text for teachers!
Review: I have had this text checked out from my university library the entire semester, renewing it several times! I just didn't want to let it go. So, I am now finally purchasing one for myself. Pamela Farris has done an outstanding job with this text in both the amount and quality of information she furnished. The student resource guide section alone is worth the price of the text and the content is priceless! This is of course my personal opinion and in no way do I imply it to be the position of Amazon.

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Summary: Not the Whole Picture
Review: I just finished an Intro To Teaching course at a university and this was our text. We found the content interesting and thorough in nature, but for a professional textbook, you'd think that they may be able to catch all of their errors.

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Summary: Good Content, Needs Proofreader
Review: I just finished an Intro To Teaching course at a university and this was our text. We found the content interesting and thorough in nature, but for a professional textbook, you'd think that they may be able to catch all of their errors.

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Summary: Not the Whole Picture
Review: The author has indeed put in a tremendous amount of work and included a vast amount of information about many aspects of teaching in this book. I find the picture unbalanced, however. Of the many thoughtful critics of American education who have written about the problems in our schools and proposed alternatives -- people like John Gatto, John Holt, Johnathan Kozol, George Dennison, George Leonard, and Carl Rogers (just to scratch the surface) -- not ONE is quoted or mentioned in this book. The author gives dubious high praise to the 19th century Prussian educational system on which our system of compulsory education was modeled. The rightness and goodness of the system are just not questioned ... just as the educational system itself teaches students not to question what they're taught. By not providing a more balanced perspective, by leaving out serious consideration of the very real problems in the system, this book does a disservice to students who are embarking on this extremely important career.