A student-authored online textbook that was created as part of an education course, ECI 301, at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA. It was written by undergraduate education majors and each chapter was researched, developed and peer-reviewed by the students.
Table of Contents for Social and Cultural Foundations of American Education
- Philosophy and Ethics
- Dynamic Learning Environment
- The History of American Education
- Educational Change and the Future of Education
- Some of the Barriers to Effective Education
- Classroom Issues
- The Forgotten Half: Those Who Do Not Succeed in American Schools
- Staffing Practices
- Administering the Schools
- Curriculum Development
- Technology in Education
- School/Community/Parental Relationships
- Multiculturalism
- Knowing What We Know, Knowing What They Know
- Assessment Practices in Education
- Acknowledging Differences and Complexity
- Accountability
- Choice
- Student Assessment and Feedback
- Special Needs
- Hot Topics in Education
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Social and Cultural Foundations of American Education
