Pathways to Teaching Series: Practical Strategies for the Inclusive Classroom

Focusing on quality classroom instruction," Practical Strategies for the Inclusive Classroom" presents pre-service teachers, alternate route candidates, and in-service teachers with highly practical research-based practices to promote inclusion in the classroom. With this first book in the Pathways to Teaching Series you will learn to successfully promote learning for "all "students through a unique two-tiered research-based process that includes:

• A problem-solving approach to identify if a problem exists or could exist, what hypothesis should be made, and why the problem is occurring.
• A framework for selecting and employing research-based strategies/interventions for the identified problem.

This text also provides universal interventions that can be used on an on-going basis in your classroom and across all ability and grade levels. Features for Your Success

• A matrix aligning this text with the Interstate New Teacher Assignment and Support Consortium (INTASC) Standards for Beginning Teachers can be found inside the front cover.
• Each chapter includes:
  • Information on diversity, technology, classroom collaboration and standards-based education.
  • A Chapter-at-a Glance illustration and Learner Objectives that outline and organize the chapter material.
  • An opening vignette and real life examples throughout encourage you to make connections between the chapter and classroom applications.
  • A Summary as well as Resources and Suggested Readings help you reflect on and further explore the chapter content.

Pathways to Teaching Series Visit Pearson's online catalog (www.prenhall.com) for a look at additional books inthis series covering:

• Assessment,
• General methods,
• English language learners,
• and Classroom management.