Becoming a Teacher in the New Society: Bringing Communities and Classrooms Together uses a critical, problem-posing format to present information pertinent to introductory courses for the study of education. This book is written for all educators who are investigating teaching and learning in a world that demands of its teachers new knowledge and understanding. In addition to the foundational information, there is attention given to global perspectives with an emphasis on family and community. The essays and other primary source information are enhanced by poetry, fiction, and suggested activities focusing on the arts. The book is appropriate for use both in the university classroom and the larger community of inservice education.

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The Authors: Elizabeth P. Quintero is Associate Professor of Early Childhood and Elementary Education at the Steinhardt School of Education at New York University. Professor Quintero's teaching, research, and service revolve around interests in early education, family contexts of diverse cultural groups, and biliteracy development. She is the coauthor, with Mary Kay Rummel, of American Voices: Webs of Diversity (1998) and Teachers' Reading/Teachers' Lives (1997).
Mary Kay Rummel is a poet and Associate Professor of Literacy Education at the University of Minnesota, Duluth. She is the author of three books of poetry: This Body She's Entered (1990); The Long Journey Into North (1998); and Green Journey, Red Bird (2001).