Urban Teaching: The Essentials

By Lois Weiner

Book Overview

This significantly revised edition will help prospective and new city teachers navigate the realities of city teaching. Now the classic introduction to urban teaching, this book explains how global, national, state, and local reforms have impacted what teachers need to know to not only survive, but to do their jobs well. The Third Edition melds new insights and perspectives from Daniel Jerome--New York City teacher, social justice activist, and parent of color--with what Lois Weiner, a seasoned teacher educator, has learned from research and decades of experience working with city teachers and students in a variety of settings. Together, the authors explore how successful teachers deal with the complexity, difficulty, and rewarding challenges of teaching in today's city schools.

Book Features:

A highly readable exploration of the moral, pedagogical, and political complexity of teaching in urban schools. Research-based advice combined with real-life examples of the problems city teachers face.Challenges associated with teaching in multi-ethnic and multi-racial settings.Critical examination of how the altered landscape of education has changed teachers' professional obligations.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080775689X
• ISBN13: 9780807756898
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.8"

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.