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Title Cases for teacher development : preparing for the classroom / editors Patricia F. Goldblatt, Déirdre Smith
Published Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 272 pages)
Contents Introduction : using cases to understand what it means to be a teacher -- Dealing with religious intolerance -- Is the teacher's gender an issue in a kindergarten classroom? -- Working with a disruptive child and his family -- Negotiating different styles when two teachers share a class -- Managing conflict when working with educational partners -- A student teacher faces the challenges of the classroom -- Engaging in action research in the classroom -- Evaluating a teacher's classroom management strategy -- Balancing the needs of all students in an inclusive classroom -- Implications of student cheating for the teaching community -- Challenges teachers face when reentering the classroom -- Developing appropriate boundaries with a troubled student -- School politics divide a community
Summary With the recent and increasing attention to accountability and standards, teacher preparation programs are more than ever in need of tools that vicariously acquaint future teachers with the difficult situations they will face. Cases for Teacher Development: Preparing for the Classroom is the perfect catalyst for this sort of teacher development. The cases encourage students to immerse themselves in classroom situations before they begin their practice, helping them link theory and experience. All of the cases present relevant situations that replicate the complicated, multitasked, and interre
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-255) and index
Subject Teaching -- Case studies
Teachers -- Training of.
EDUCATION -- Teaching Methods & Materials -- General.
Teachers -- Training of
Teaching
Berufspraxis
Lehrerbildung
Enseignants -- Formation.
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
Author Goldblatt, Patricia F
Smith, Déirdre
ISBN 9781452222400
1452222401
9781412913669
1412913667
9781452235998
1452235996