Teachers. Schools, and Society is designed for introductory courses in teacher education variously labeled Introduction to Education. Introduction to Teaching, or Foundations of Education. The primary intent of such a course, whatever its label, is to provide you with sufficiently broad and detailed exposure to the realities and intellectual context of teaching so that you can answer those all-important questions: Do I want to become a teacher? What do I need to become the best teacher possible? What should a professional in the field of education know? To help you answer these questions, we have produced a text with the following characteristics.