Using the Case Method in Teacher Education: The Role of Discussion and Experience in Teachers' Thinking about Cases.

Levin, Barbara Barry

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Publication Date: 1995

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Using the Case Method in Teacher Education: The Role of Discussion and Experience in Teachers' Thinking about Cases.

Levin, Barbara Barry

Teaching and Teacher Education, v11 n1 p63-79 Jan 1995

This study investigated what teachers understood from reading, writing, and discussing a case versus just reading and writing. Analyses of writing and oral discourse from student, beginning, and experienced teachers indicated that the addition of discussion affected their thinking about the case, benefiting teachers at different experience levels in different ways. (SM)

Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Case Studies, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Elementary Education, Group Discussion, Higher Education, Peer Groups, Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teachers, Teaching Experience, Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills

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Language: English

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