Introducing the World of Education: A Case Study Reader - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1412906679 ISBN 13: 9781412906678

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2005

Synopsis

Introducing the World of Education: A Case Study Reader is a unique and invaluable anthology that addresses the entire realm of K-12 education. Edited by the best-selling author of Case Study Research and Applications of Case Study Research, this reader gives undergraduate and graduate students a solid introduction to the world of education by providing real-life situations in actual schools and communities from across the country. Yin has brought together a wide-ranging collection of whole or excerpted case studies with real data that move from classroom teaching and learning, to the bureaucracy of school districts and state departments of education, to the politics of school boards and community action. The cases in this book also cover salient contemporary policy topics such as school accountability and the assessment of student achievement. Few books, original or edited, have such a broad range of coverage while offering enough structure and context to lay the foundation for introductory education courses!  

Key Features:

• Provides real-life case studies to give readers concrete data about actual conditions in K-12 education
• Explores diverse academic subjects as well as different education programs such as special education and bilingual education to introduce students to a variety of classroom settings
• Includes case studies written by well-known education professionals to provide insight from experts in the field
• Presents and examines different facets of case study methodology to help readers design or build their own case studies
• Offers a contemporary perspective on education to provide students with an accurate understanding of today′s classrooms  

Introducing the World of Education is an ideal companion text for undergraduate and master′s students in introductory education courses. The book is a must-have for students entering the world of education, professors teaching the world of education, in-service educators and administrators who desire a stronger foundation in case study research and a broad range of educational issues, and anyone who merely wants a glimpse at the challenges and opportunities in education today. Students and researchers in public administration and policy will also find this a valuable resource.  

About this title

About the Author

Robert K. Yin is President of COSMOS Corporation, an applied research and social science firm.  Over the years, COSMOS has successfully completed hundreds of projects for federal agencies, state and local agencies, and private foundations.

Outside of COSMOS, Dr. Yin has assisted numerous other research groups, helping to train their field teams or to design research studies. The most recent such engagements have been with The World Bank, the Division of Special Education and disAbility Research at George Mason University, the Department of Nursing Research and Quality Outcomes at the Children’s National Health System (Washington, DC), and the School of Education, Southern New Hampshire University.

Dr. Yin has authored over 100 publications, including authoring or editing 11 books (not counting the multiple editions of any given book). Earlier editions of the present book have been translated into eight languages (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Swedish, Romanian, Italian, Polish, and Portuguese), and a second book on Qualitative Research from Start to Finish (2016) is in its 2nd edition and has been translated into four languages (Chinese, Korean, Swedish, and Portuguese).  Dr. Yin received his B.A. in history from Harvard College (magna cum laude) and his Ph.D. in brain and cognitive sciences from MIT.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1412906679
• ISBN 13: 9781412906678
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432
• Editor: Yin Robert K.