Urban Teaching: The Essentials, Revised Edition

By Lois Weiner

This bestselling guide to urban teaching has been updated and revised to reflect today's challenges, including testing pressures, inclusive classrooms, and helping second language learners. Lois Weiner, a highly regarded teacher with years of experience supervising new teachers in urban and suburban schools, provides invaluable "insider" recommendations for thriving in culturally diverse classrooms and coping with school realities ranging from overcrowded classes and a lack of appropriate materials to frustrating bureaucracy and school violence. This guide is an invaluable resource for teacher educators and essential reading for teachers at all grade levels.

Comments from Practitioners

"I felt like this book was written just for me. It clearly addresses real issues with honesty and integrity."

--Deborah J. Comeau, Art teacher

"As a teacher who is currently working in an urban setting, I owe a lot of my success to Lois Weiner."

--Joe Bailey, E.S.L. teacher

"I wish I'd read this book in my first year of teaching. Things might have made more sense "

--Sarah Buntzman, Special Education teacher

"She encourages novice student-teachers and helps veteran instructors expand their horizons."

--Carol A. Carattini, Science, Social Studies teacher

"Professor Weiner provides 'real' lessons to improve classroom practice."

--Neil A. Schweitzer, Reading coordinator

"Lois Weiner stresses the need for sensitivity to multiculturalism and teaches by example."

--Israel Rodriguez, College teacher

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807746436
• ISBN13: 9780807746431
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 103 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.3" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Book!!!

This book is a must have for anyone who is willing to teach in an urban education setting. Easy to read with common sense terminology.

Urban Teacher: an Honest Book

I used the earlier version of this book with pre-service teachers in their final university practicum. It's an honest, forthright, useful guide for beginning teachers. My students compared what they were reading with their placement experiences. I can only assume that Weiner has done an even more excellent revision, addressing the toughest issues that teachers face.

A Great Book for Every Teacher

Lois Weiner's Urban Teaching provides a clear and insightful look into the issues that each urban teacher faces. A well-balanced mix of theory and anecdotes creates a reader-friendly text with suggestions that rookie and experienced educators alike can adopt.Perhaps the greatest strength of this text is that it provides information that can be easily translated for every classroom. All students face issues similar to those discussed here, and ultimately all teachers will surely benefit from Weiner's discussion.