Introduction to Education Cases

A course-specific casebook, containing 15 cases chosen for their relevance to the course in question.

Although all cases are available on the McGraw-Hill Primis database, by having the authors choose those cases that they feel are most relevant, instructors are freed from this task.

Each case documents a particular classroom event or series of related events, and most end with a dilemma for teachers to resolve.

Each case reflects the "messiness" of real classrooms: as a result there is seldom one right answer to a tricky classroom dilemma.

A range of ideas can be suggested and critically evaluated and a plan of action developed with fallback positions available.

Case discussions provide the opportunity to develop a consistent problem-solving method that can be applied later to various classroom situations and by using "messy" real-life cases that present dilemmas rather than neat solutions, readers are forced to think critically and develop alternative solutions.

This edition contains an introductory essay on case-study teaching that includes advice about room arrangement, starting and ending the discussion, using the chalkboard, questioning/listening/responding and managing time. Detailed teaching notes for each case are also provided, including blocks of discussion, suggested question outlines, suggested board headings and suggested assignment questions.

A student edition (ISBN: 0-07-057666-1) is also available, containing an introductory essay on how to read and prepare a case and how to participate in classroom discussion.