2nd ed. of popular textbook. An integrated series of cases, all dealing with characters and situations within a hypothetical school district. Case activities provide students w/ experience making professional decisionsand opportunities for reflection.

Contents: K. Carter, Foreword. Preface. Introduction: What This Book is About and How It is Organized. Part I: Instruction and Classroom Management. But Where Am I? Edge City and Its Schools. Hey, Teach! Are You Rocking the Boat? Students' Resistance to Change. How Can You Do This to Me? Grading and Evaluation. Is There Always Just One Right Answer? Alternative Methods of Instruction and Assessment. Do They Have to Be in a Straight Row? Classroom Management. Part II: Issues in Education. Do You Call This Being Creative? Sexism in the Classroom. How Was Your Breakfast This Morning? Socioeconomic, Ethnic, and Cultural Differences. Can't I Learn Too? Mainstreaming the Exceptional Student. Now Just Exactly What Did I Do Wrong? A Case of Cheating. Don't You Have Any Religious Values? Separation of Church and State. Whose Paper Is This Anyway? Student Rights and Responsibilities. Part III: Foundations: Teaching as a Profession. Is It Really Me You Want? Affirmative Action in Action. Who's in Charge Here? Organization and Control of Schools. Do You Want to See My Dog and Pony Show? Teacher Evaluation. What Have I Gotten Myself Into? Conflicts in Student Teaching. Appendices: Biographies and Cumulative Folders. United States Constitution.