Arthur Shapiro

Case Studies in Constructivist Leadership and Teaching

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Produktbeschreibung

These 27 actual case studies (plus two quick-hitting research chapters) provide practical, down-to-earth, hands-on strategies that teachers, supervisors, and administrators in all sorts of settings can use to improve their professional operation through the gradual use of constructivist practices. They point to the increased personal and professional satisfaction teachers experience and to students' increased achievement and satisfaction that results when practitioners pull off constructivist processes. Additionally, these cases tell how to do it safely.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: R & L Education
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juni 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 151mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9780810844636
• ISBN-10: 081084463X
• Artikelnr.: 21015815

Autorenporträt

Arthur Shapiro is professor of Educational Leadership and Higher Education at the University of South Florida in Tampa. He has worked as a teacher, principal, director of secondary education, assistant superintendent, and superintendent in inner city, rural, and suburban settings.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 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