1st Edition
Educating for Democracy Case-method Teaching and Learning
212 Pages
by
Routledge
212 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book advocates the use of case methods to promote democratic teaching and learning. Part I speaks directly to teacher educators. The chapters in this part suggest how and why they might use case methods at pre- and in-service levels. Part II presents a set of cases and teaching notes designed to stimulate active consideration of democratic teaching and learning in elementary and secondary... Read more
Contents: Preface. Part I: Using Case Methods in Teacher Education. R.F. McNergney, E.R. Ducharme, M.K. Ducharme, Teaching Democracy Through Cases. M.R. Sudzina, Organizing Instruction for Case-Based Teaching. T.W. Kent, Making Connections: The Democratic Classroom and the Internet. V.J. Risko, C.K. Kinzer, The Power of Multimedia Cases to Invite Democratic Teaching and Learning. A. McAninch, More and Less Acceptable Case Analyses: A Pragmatist Approach. Part II: Cases. E.R. Ducharme, M.K. Ducharme, Leslie Turner: A Teacher Under Stress. B. Hallenbeck, A Case of Cruel and All-Too-Usual Punishment. E. Potter, A Delicate Dilemma: Religion in the Classroom. D.S. Libby, Stripped of Dignity. J.M. Herbert, M.E. Hrabe, The Unwritten Amendment: Freedom of Curriculum. T.D. Peacock, C.E. Keller, H. Rallis, A Case of Freedom to Learn: Balancing the Needs and Rights of All Children. C.A. Grant, Full Democracy by Students of Color: A Case From Two Urban Classrooms.
Biography
Robert F. McNergney (Edited by) , Edward R. Ducharme (Edited by) , Mary K. Ducharme (Edited by)
"All of these case studies make for fascinating reading and I could well see my own students becoming very involved in the plight of the individual teachers....Overall, the approach suggested is to be commended."
—British Journal of Educational Psychology
