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Peer reviewedBarksdale-Ladd, Mary Alice; Draper, Mary; King, Jim; Oropallo, Kathy; Radencich, Marguerite C. – Teaching and Teacher Education, 2001
Studied four teacher educators engaged in a cooperative self-study of their practice with regard to the use of case writing in their elementary preservice courses. Participants had similar definitions of cases. They realized that their different research agendas led to differences in their teaching practice. They valued what they learned about…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Case Studies, Elementary Education, Higher Education
Peer reviewedBenham, Maenette K. – Teaching and Teacher Education, 1996
This paper contends that a preservice course in school change must tap into practitioners' lived experiences, recommending a case-based learning experience where practitioners reflect critically on their own practice and develop a rationale for change. The paper examines key aspects of the change process, noting how the process should look. (SM)
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Case Studies, Change Strategies, Education Courses
Peer reviewedMcMahon, Susan I. – Teaching and Teacher Education, 1997
The case study reported here describes two student teachers' thinking related to emergent issues during their first field placement for a course exploring elementary reading instruction. The students submitted journals, lesson plans, portfolios, field notes, and discussion group reflections. Data analysis indicated the students had very different…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Education, Equal Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Peer reviewedHarrington, Helen L.; And Others – Teaching and Teacher Education, 1996
The study investigated the use of case-based pedagogy to develop critical reflection in prospective teachers. Analysis of students written analyses of dilemma-based cases found patterns showing evidence of students open-mindedness, sense of professional responsibility, and wholeheartedness in approach to teaching. (DB)
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Case Studies, Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedStofflett, Rene T. – Teaching and Teacher Education, 1996
Describes a study which examined personal teaching metaphors developed by secondary teachers in a graduate course for improving understanding of relationships between teaching theory and practice and factors like school context, subject matter domain, personal history, and teaching experience. Case studies found several themes confirming prior…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Case Studies, Graduate Study, Higher Education
Peer reviewedGreenleaf, Cynthia; And Others – Teaching and Teacher Education, 1994
Many disadvantaged students show incipient excellence underlying perceived errors in literacy performance. The paper examines research on helping teachers think more generatively about increasingly diverse student populations. Preservice teachers can be taught to handle multicultural classrooms by interpreting problematic student performance in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Differences
