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Mentors and Mentoring
The definition and parameters of teacher education have recently been changed by the concept of mentoring. Supporters of the concept maintain that it is an effective technique for inducting and retaining new teachers, but who and what are mentors, and what attributes do they possess? Previous research has identified collaboration, enthusiasm, emotional commitment, and sensitivity as the necessary traits of an effective mentor. It has also been found that mentors are available, give immediate feedback, listen attentively, and collaboratively solve problems with mentees. Epistemological structures that best serve the mentor-novice relationship, gender issues between mentors and protégés, and...
Education 05/06
This thirty-second edition is a compilation of interesting articles selected from the best of the public press including magazines, newspapers, and journals that deal with educational issues. The readings in [this book] explore the social and academic goals of education, the current conditions of the nation's educational systems, the teaching profession, and the future of American education. In addition, theses selections address the issues of change and the moral and ethical foundations of schooling.
Annual Editions
This annually updated thirty-first edition is a compilation of interesting articles selected from the best of the public press including magazines, newspapers, and journals that deal with educational issues, such as striving for excellence; managing life in classrooms, cultural diversity and schooling and serving special needs and concerns. Our student Web site provides additional support to this title. Link to: www dushkin.com/online
Forecasting the Future
Examines the unique role of the library media specialist in a time of rapid change. The authors draw on the day-to-day experiences of media specialists and supervisors to highlight the best practices in library media services and show how these practices will fit into the context of the future of education.
Financing Education in a Climate of Change
This work on education finance covers current research and includes the historical and economic aspects of school finance. It includes updated charts and tables, discussion of recent court cases influencing state finance formulas, and clarifies topics such as lotteries, choice, vouchers, business/school partnerships, foundations, risk-management, impact fees and other relevant material. The study also covers the equity issue for the student as well as for the taxpayer. The assignment problems at the end of each chapter should be useful to both professors and students.
Education 07/08
This thirty-fourth edition of ANNUAL EDITIONS: EDUCATION provides convenient, inexpensive access to current articles selected from the best of the public press. Organizational features include: an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites; an annotated table of contents; a topic guide; a general introduction; brief overviews for each section; a topical index; and an instructor's resource guide with testing materials. USING ANNUAL EDITIONS IN THE CLASSROOM is offered as a practical guide for instructors. ANNUAL EDITIONS titles are supported by our student website.
Journal of Reading
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The Reading Teacher
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Curriculum Review
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Graduate Programs and Faculty in Reading
Intended for reading teachers and consultants, students, and others who want information about the nature of graduate training programs in the field of reading, this book lists over 300 graduate reading programs offered in the United States and Canada. Institutions offering graduate programs are listed alphabetically by province for Canadian institutions, then by state for colleges and universities in the United States. Each listing provides (1) the name and address of the program director, (2) a program overview, (3) degrees offered by the institution, (4) the number of students enrolled in the graduate program, (5) application procedures, (6) tuition fees, (7) financial assistance available, and (8) the name, rank, area of specialization, and percentage of time spent in the reading program for each faculty member in the program. The book concludes with a faculty index and an index of colleges and universities. (HTH)
