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Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1 Teaching: A Career That Makes a Difference 1
COMMITMENT #1 LEARNING FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE THROUGHOUT YOUR CAREER 17
CHAPTER 2 Putting What You Already Know about Teaching into Perspective 19
CHAPTER 3 Learning to Teach: What Does It Mean? 61
CHAPTER 4 Learning from the History and Philosophy of Education 107
COMMITMENT #2 USING THE CURRICULUM RESPONSIBLY 141
CHAPTER 5 Deciding What to Teach 143
CHAPTER 6 More Than "What Is Taught": School as a Social Institution 185
COMMITMENT #3 PRACTICING EQUITY-MINDED TEACHING 233
CHAPTER 7 Teaching in a Changing World 237
CHAPTER 8 Teaching Students Who Have Disabilities 281
COMMITMENT #4 MEETING THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CLASSROOM AND SCHOOL COMMUNITY 323
CHAPTER 9 Organizing School and Classroom Communities for Student Engagement 325
CHAPTER 10 How Governing and Financing Schools Influence Teachers' Work 361
COMMITMENT #5 CONTRIBUTING ACTIVELY TO THE PROFESSION 409
CHAPTER 11 Ethical and Legal Issues in the Work of Teaching 411
CHAPTER 12 Becoming a Teacher: New Visions and Next Steps 453
