Description
Book SynopsisThis book compiles cases of teaching and learning that were written by practitioners from a variety of backgrounds in educationelementary school, middle school, high school, and adult instructionin public, charter, and private institutions, face-to-face and online. Cases of Teaching and Learning Across and Beyond K-12 Settings is intended primarily for use in education courses that have students from different specializations, but it also can be an important resource for instructors and students in any education courses who want to develop a broad focus on learning (for example, thinking about middle school students as former elementary and future high school, college, and adult learners). A historical and developmental approach to learning is a founding principle of this book: all cases are written as stories of never-ending multi-faceted development, making them distinct from video cases that are gaining popularity. These cases capture memorable experiences related t
Trade Review
“Natalia Collings’s book offers a rare collection of authentic case studies, each created by different teachers and each portraying vastly different teaching and learning experiences. These rich case studies offer more than brief snapshots of a classroom, as we see in the more common video case examples. Instead, these cases include histories of the learner and the teaching environment for an in-depth look that leaves more room for analysis. Along with the case studies, the book includes brief summaries of learning theories, allowing it be used as a stand-alone text or as a supplement to a more traditional textbook. However it is used, this book will certainly enhance the learning of both pre- and in-service teachers in a variety of education courses.” —Shane Cavanaugh, Professor, Department of Teacher Education and Professional Development, Central Michigan University
“It is difficult for novice teachers to ‘know everything’ as they begin student teaching or finally take on their first full-time classrooms. The experiences of others can be great and rewarding as teachers share with teachers. Natalia Collings’s book is a reminder that teachers, no matter how inexperienced or experienced, must share their understandings of the profession with others. This book would also be useful in any number of education courses that stress class management, student struggles, engagement, cognitive development, and a host of other situations encountered in nurturing the needs of students.” —Lynn F. Laskowsky, high school English and U.S. history teacher of 37 years and university student teacher seminar leader and coordinator of 15 years
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments – Natalia Collings: Introduction: Cases of Teaching and Learning Across and Beyond K-12 Settings – Part 1: Summaries of Core Theories for Gaining Insight Into Cases of Teaching and Learning – Natalia Collings: Early Childhood Predisposition for Lifelong Development: Theories of Temperament and Attachment – Natalia Collings: Theories of Dynamic Interactions Among Personal and Social Factors of Development: Erikson and Bandura – Natalia Collings: Is Human Development Biological and Universal or Cultural and Historical? Theories of Piaget and Vygotsky – Natalia Collings: Perspectives on Motivation: Theories of Vygotsky, Piaget, Bandura, Ryan and Deci, Maslow, and Dweck – Part 2: Cases of Teaching and Learning and Their Analyses – Jamie Deitz: A Small Class Size and Supportive Classroom Environment – Chris Stowe: A Veteran Teacher – Eleanor Krzyzaniak: A Hole in the Paper – Diana Edwards: Diamond Shines – Will Jumper: The Child Soldier – Kimberly Fleming: The Crisis of Kwan – Alexander Talmadge: Classroom Economy – Jaclyn Trahan: Class DOJO – Tina Hamel: I Didn’t Do Anything! – Andrea Inman: Belle’s Homework – Janel Takacs: Bathroom Breaks – Steffon Jones: Not a Team Player – Daniela Scherman: The New Student – Tiffany Peng: Humans Versus Machines – Shawn Peklo: The Honor Roll – Marissa Jarrett: Do You Know Why I Took Your Phone Away? – Ronald Barranco: Study Club – Tiff any Rogers: Short Temper – Betsy Eschtruth: From A to D – Melissa Nedved: Online Freedom – Jane Halcrow: Unmotivated Online Student – Kory Stevens: Be the One – Kelly Boone: The Fidget Basket – Pakiesha Argo: Promotion Board – Contributor Biographies.
