This text for pre-service and new teachers presents a model student-centered approach for designing lessons, developing personal connections with students, and building classroom communities. The focus is on the relationships among concepts, skills, and practices. "? forces readers to confront their own attitudes and prejudices and leads them to a truer understanding of what it means to teach and learn in today's society." Dennis Banks, State University of New York-Oneonta, USA "This book is a must for every teacher?. It provides a framework for forcing readers to ask questions that promote self-reflection about their choices for becoming a teacher, how their experiences have created individual mental models of what teaching is about, and how they can become a member of the learning community." Felica Hirata, Baruch University, USA