List of Figures and Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Unit I Instructional Organization
Unit I Outline
Unit I Concept Map
Unit I Pep Talk
First: Long-Range Planning
Second: Short-Range Planning
Now: Classroom Organization
Tomorrow: Instructional Presentation
Finally: Communication With ‘Outsiders’
Conclusion
Unit I Appendix
Unit II Classroom Management
Unit II Outline
Unit II Concept Map
Unit II Pep Talk
First: Keys to Successful Classroom Management
Second: Establishing a Management-Based Learning Environment
Now: Compiling Your Plan: A Template for Classroom Management
Tomorrow: Implementing the Plan and Responding to Student Behavior
Finally: Assessing Your Classroom Management Plan
Unit II Appendix
Unit III Instruction
Unit III Outline
Unit III Concept Map
Unit III Pep Talk
First: The Curriculum
Second: The Student
Now: Conceptualizing Your Role
Tomorrow: Putting it All Together
Finally: This Is a People Profession
Unit IV Assessment
Unit IV Outline
Unit IV Concept Map
Unit IV Pep Talk
First: The Basics of Assessment
Second: Making Assessment a Part of Instruction
Now: Writing Tests
Tomorrow: Analyzing the Results of Your Assessment
Finally: Assessment and the High-Stakes Environment
Glossary
References
Index

Michael Bentley is an Associate Professor of Science Education at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where he teaches courses in environmental education and methods of teaching K-8 science. He has written science books for young readers as well as curriculum materials and numerous professional articles and chapters in books. He has also been involved with the creation of several innovative schools and has been an officer on two school boards. Bentley’s interests include teacher education, the public understanding of science, curriculum studies and international education, and the history, philosophy, and sociology of science as applied to science education.