Building Teachers: A Constructivist Approach to Introducing Education » (1st Edition)

David Jerner Martin (Ph.D.) is best known as the author of the best-selling text ELEMENTARY SCIENCE METHODS: A CONSTRUCTIVIST APPROACH. Martin is a gifted teacher and an outspoken advocate of constructivist-based teaching. He is Professor of Early Childhood Education at Kennesaw State University.

Kimberly S. Loomis (Ed.D.) is an Associate Professor of Middle Grades Science Education at Kennesaw State. She teaches the introductory education course, as well as educational psychology and science methods at Kennesaw University.

Designed from the ground up with a constructivist framework, BUILDING TEACHERS helps future teachers create their own understanding of education. As Martin and Loomis address the key topics generally covered in an introductory text, they encourage students to develop their own understandings through connecting their prior knowledge, experiences, and biases with new experiences to which they will be exposed during the course. By interacting with the materials presented, rather than merely memorizing the text's content, readers learn what teaching is all about in an exploratory, inquiring, constructivist-based manner and, in turn, they can help the children in their classrooms learn meaningfully.

0. Building A Foundation For This Book.
1.Teaching Excellence and You.
2.Your Philosophy of Education.
3.The Student: Common Needs.
4.The Student and the Teacher: Acknowledging Unique Perspectives.
5.The Student and the Teacher: Acknowledging Unique Abilities.
6.Purposes of Schools.
7.Structure of Schools.
8.The School and the Student.
9.The School and the Teacher.
10.Historical Perspectives.
11.School Governance and Finance.
12.Social Issues and the School's Response.
13.Teachers, Students, and the Law.
14.Curriculum and School Reform.
15.Your Motives for Teaching.