Case Studies: Practical Theory

o my way of thinking this chapter is the most important cause in it I will be spending time looking at a selection of scholars' work and speaking about what was happening at the time, what was done behind the scenes, and making an assessment of the work and process. I call it "practical theory" cause it is my practice and the scholar's practice which is then explained and analyzed by some theory. It also may be based on a theory I heard about and I tried to put it to practice. In addition this chapter will provide you a guided tour of the scholars' work and help provide the reader with some entry points and some prescribed paths to follow and why. I offer, that if any readers find their own paths through the scholars' work and chose to write about it, to publish it here with these case studies. Interaction with the reader is always desirous by the author.

NO TWO ARE ALIKE: A PLEA FOR PERSONALIZED LEARNING

#1
Teaching for Social Justice

#2
The Power of Going Public

#3
On Being Wired

#4
The class of 97 discusses the writing process.

#5
Hypertext Webfolios of Class of 98.

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Case-based Learning:
We believe the best professional development revolves around real-world experience. The core of our system is the teacher case study - a rich, Internet-based video document of teachers at work in real classrooms. The case study captures teaching methods, student reactions and efforts to learn, as well as other complex classroom dynamics, allowing educators with access to Teachscape's site to observe the challenges teachers face - the choices they make, the solutions they devise - within their classrooms. Fully integrated with the video components of the case studies are many other online resources: lesson plans, assessment tools, commentary from experienced and distinguished practitioners, examples of student work, and more.

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