A Deeper Dive

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Teaching Cases on Effective Communication Techniques.

Teaching cases, as distinguished from case studies, are narratives about the universal challenges inherent in the “real world” of classrooms, teaching, and schools.  The context of teaching cases provides rich social, political, and ethical dilemmas for preservice and in-service teachers to deliberate.   Case studies differ because they provide a method of looking at, assessing, or researching a subject or situation.  Teaching cases, on the other hand, teaching cases capture experiences from actual classrooms, complete with the complex and multilayered problems that teachers face daily.  The teaching case does not provide the method of looking at, assessing, or researching but instead requires the reader to develop their own way of looking at and solving the problems inherent in the case.  When the case is discussed (such as in a teacher preparation course), different perspectives are shared, theory is connected to practice, reflective and problem-solving skills are developed, and the participants are challenged to take responsibility for their own learning.

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