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Book SynopsisThese 27 real-life case studies aim to offer the tools and techniques to help educators improve their personal and professional practices as teachers, supervisors and administrators. The cases cover a range of settings, from rural to inner city to suburban.
Table of ContentsPart 1 Acknowledgments Part 2 Part I: Case Studies about Constructivist Teaching Chapter 3 1 Passing Through: The Confessions of an Alienated Student: The Case Study of Sue Sharp—Or, How I Ran a Diner, and Still Graduated High School Chapter 4 2 The Constructivist Teacher: When a Substitute Teaches Your Class (and Hasn't a Clue) Chapter 5 3 Creative Classroom Management: Better Involve the Troops—Or, How I Managed to Teach Mechanical Drawing without Knowing Anything about It Chapter 6 4 Crocodile Rock: Gateway to Emancipation and Empowerment Chapter 7 5 How I Created a Supportive Culture in a Constructivist Classroom or Team (How to Pull It Off, and Make It Work for You) Chapter 8 Appendix 5A: Constructivist Leader's Mental Checklist Chapter 9 6 My Development as a Constructivist Teacher Chapter 10 7 Leprechauns in the Classroom Chapter 11 8 Classroom Management—Solved Chapter 12 9 Looking at the Right End of the Horse: What We Found in Swedish Schools Amazed Us—IDEALIZED Constructivism Chapter 13 10 Practicing Constructivism in a Public ESE Charter Middle School—With Difficulty Chapter 14 11 From the Mouths of Students—Interactions with Constructivism Chapter 15 12 A Typical Day as a Constructivist High School Teacher and Department Chair Chapter 16 13 ESOL, Constructivism, and You—Constructivist and ESOL Philosophy and Practice: Another Surprise Chapter 17 14 Freedom versus Control—The Scripted Classroom: The High Cost of Control to Everyone (Including Teachers) Part 18 Part II: Case Studies in Constructivist Leadership Chapter 19 15 A Constructivist Sports Program: The Case of Principal Marc Douglas's Unusual Basketball Team Chapter 20 16 Beliefs, Myths, and Realities: A Case Study of a Rogue Junior High: Transformation into a Model Middle School Chapter 21 17 Looking Up the Wrong End of the Horse: Our Testing Mania—Viewpoints of Politicians and Practitioners (and Maybe Kids): A Cheap, Fast Way to Waken Education (but It Sure Looks Tough) Chapter 22 18 How to Make Your School (and Your Classroom) Work Better—Decentralize into a Constructivist Approach Chapter 23 19 A Day in the Life of a Constructivist Principal Chapter 24 20 Moving Orange Blossom Trail Elementary School toward Constructivism Chapter 25 21 Outside the Box: Three Team Leaders as Co-Principals Chapter 26 22 Our Evaluation Ritual Trap: And How to Spring It Chapter 27 23 The Rigid New Principal and the Constructivist Teacher: Studies in Tension Chapter 28 24 Where Are the Students on Your School Board? A Case Study of an Alternative School's Student Board of Education Chapter 29 25 Designing Our Structures to Do Our Heavy Work: What a Curriculum Structure Can Do to Make Our Professional Lives a Lot Easier Chapter 30 26 Developing a Running Pupil Personnel Services Council: Making our Structures Work for Us Chapter 31 27 National Standards—The Good, the Bad, the Ugly Part 32 Part III: Research Chapter 33 28 The Latest Research (about Constructivism) Part I: Different Approaches to Constructivism—What It's All About Chapter 34 29 The Latest Research (about Constructivism) Part II: On Instruction and Leadership Chapter 35 About the Author
