Secondary school teaching /
H. Orville Nordberg, James M. Bradfield, and William C. Odell
- New York : Macmillan Publishing Company, c1962
- x, 401 pages: illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1.The Role of the Secondary School Teacher -- 2. Learning and the Adolescent Learner -- 3. Discovering What to Teach -- 4. Knowing Students -- 5. Organizing Instruction -- 6. Effective Use of Instructional Materials -- 7. Student and Teacher Activities in Learning -- 8. Evaluating Student Achievement -- 9. Using School Services and Facilities -- 10. Discipline and Group Control -- 11. Teaching the Fine Arts -- 12. Teaching the Language Arts -- 13. Teaching the Practical and Vocational Arts -- 14. Teaching Science and Mathematics -- 15 .Teaching the Social Studies -- 16. Fulfilling Responsibilities in Activity Programs -- 17. Working with Parents and the Community -- 18. Teachers and the Pursuit of Excellence.
Anyone who has read some big books can teach in college, but you really have to know something to teach in a high school!" This fragment of folk lore is truthful enough to make the present authors, all college professors, eager to explain just why it is that exceedingly comprehensive skills and knowledge are requisite for effective secondary school teaching.