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Teaching, 4th Edition

• Explore teaching as a profession, including planning, instruction, assessment, and classroom management.
• Learn how children and teens grow, develop, and learn across different stages of life.
• Build career-ready education skills through case studies, reflections, and real-world teaching scenarios.

Title Overview

Title Overview

Teaching is the only comprehensive textbook specifically written for high school students planning to pursue a career in teaching. A friendly writing style and approach introduces students to the role and duties of a teacher, including planning, instructional methods, assessment, and classroom management. Topics include types of learners as well as how humans develop physically, intellectually, and socio-emotionally. In addition, instructional methods necessary to address these factors are covered. A comprehensive overview about growth and development during the preschool years, middle childhood, and teen years is presented. This information sheds light on the importance of understanding human development in relation to the learner. This edition includes updated references to how COVID-19 has changed the profession over the past several years. By studying this text, teachers of tomorrow explore the world of education and investigate teaching as a profession.


• All chapters include a feature for Case Study, Perspectives on Teaching, Professional Tip, and Philosophy of Teaching. These features capture student interest about various aspects of teaching.
• Content is provided about common challenges faced in the teaching profession to prepare students for the reality of a teaching career, while Journaling Activities provide opportunities to practice writing and communication skills as students record and reflect on their thoughts and experiences.
• This title is correlated to the industry-recognized credentials offered by Precision Exams, by YouScience: Teaching as a Profession II as well as AAFCS Pre-PAC standards for Education Fundamentals.


Table of Contents

Table of Contents

1. The Teaching Profession

2. What Makes an Effective Teacher?

3. The Path to Becoming a Teacher

4. Skills for College and Career

5. The Early History of Education in America

6. The Modern History of Education in America

7. Schools and Society

8. Understanding Human Development

9. The Preschool Years: Growth and Development

10. Middle Childhood: Growth and Development

11. The Teen Years: Growth and Development

12. Understanding and Teaching Diverse Learners

13. Planning for Instruction

14. Instructional Methods

15. Technology for Instruction

16. The Role of Assessment

17. Classroom Management

18. The Challenges of Teaching

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Look Inside

Look Inside

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About the Author

About the Author

Sharleen L. Kato, Ed.D. loves teaching as well as learning. She is a professor at Seattle Pacific University where she encourages students to become creative and successful in their chosen career field. She believes that the mission of family and consumer sciences is the key to a myriad of meaningful and fulfilling careers. Dr. Kato has taught undergraduate students for over 25 years. She currently serves as the Family and Consumer Sciences Department Director. Dr. Kato holds a doctorate in education, a master's in human ecology, and an undergraduate degree in home economics. She travels extensively spending at least two weeks each year serving in an orphanage, teen home, and prenatal clinic in the Philippines.

Course Content

Course Content

All chapters include a feature for Case Study, Perspectives on Teaching, Professional Tip, and Philosophy of Teaching.

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