Case Studies in Constructivist Leadership and Teaching (Scarecrow Education Book) - Hardcover

Shapiro, Arthur

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0810844621 ISBN 13: 9780810844629

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2002

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

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.

Synopsis:

These 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Education
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0810844621
• ISBN 13: 9780810844629
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 376