Joshua Adon is a special child with special abilities feeling and sensing things that other people can t. But, strange and miraculous occurrences stalk him throughout life. As an adult, he becomes a professor at Harvard and receives a vial of blood from a collaborator in Israel who believes it to contain the blood of Christ stored for over two millennia by his followers. After performing DNA fingerprinting, Dr. Adon finds the DNA from the blood exactly matches his own. Soon the story is out setting in motion a chain of events that could destroy Josh, his family, and the world. In the aftermath of terrorist attacks and war, America is controlled by an administration that dangerously mixes politics and religion. Now they want Josh. As the world spirals toward Armageddon, the world needs a savior and Josh may be the one.

This volume captures the innovative, theory-based, and grounded work being done by established scholars who are interrogating how teacher education can prepare teachers to work in challenging and diverse high-poverty settings. It offers articles from the US, Australia, Canada, the UK and Chile by some of the most significant scholars in the field. Internationally, research suggests that effective teachers for high poverty schools require deep theoretical understanding as well as the capacity to function across three well-substantiated areas: deep content knowledge, well-tuned pedagogical skills, and demonstrated attributes that prove their understanding and commitment to social justice. Schools in low socioeconomic communities need quality teachers most, however, they are often staffed by the least experienced and least prepared teachers. The chapters in this volume examine how pre-service teachers are taught to understand the social contexts of education. Drawing on the individual expertise of the authors, the topics covered include unpacking poverty for pre-service teachers, issues related to urban schooling as well as remote and regional area schooling.

This volume captures the innovative, theory-based, and grounded work being done by established scholars who are interrogating how teacher education can prepare teachers to work in challenging and diverse high-poverty settings. It offers articles from the US, Australia, Canada, the UK and Chile by some of the most significant scholars in the field. Internationally, research suggests that effective teachers for high poverty schools require deep theoretical understanding as well as the capacity to function across three well-substantiated areas: deep content knowledge, well-tuned pedagogical skills, and demonstrated attributes that prove their understanding and commitment to social justice. Schools in low socioeconomic communities need quality teachers most, however, they are often staffed by the least experienced and least prepared teachers. The chapters in this volume examine how pre-service teachers are taught to understand the social contexts of education. Drawing on the individual expertise of the authors, the topics covered include unpacking poverty for pre-service teachers, issues related to urban schooling as well as remote and regional area schooling.

Joshua Adon is a special child with special abilities feeling and sensing things that other people can t. But, strange and miraculous occurrences stalk him throughout life. As an adult, he becomes a professor at Harvard and receives a vial of blood from a collaborator in Israel who believes it to contain the blood of Christ stored for over two millennia by his followers. After performing DNA fingerprinting, Dr. Adon finds the DNA from the blood exactly matches his own. Soon the story is out setting in motion a chain of events that could destroy Josh, his family, and the world. In the aftermath of terrorist attacks and war, America is controlled by an administration that dangerously mixes politics and religion. Now they want Josh. As the world spirals toward Armageddon, the world needs a savior and Josh may be the one.