Introducing the World of Education: A Case Study Reader / Edition 1

by Robert K. Yin

Overview

Introducing the World of Education: A Case Study Reader is a unique and invaluable anthology that addresses the entire realm of K-12 education. 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. Editor Robert K. 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. 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!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412906678
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	03/30/2005
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

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 dis Ability 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.

Table of Contents

Dedication
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I: TEACHING AND LEARNING
Student Teaching
Among Schoolchildren - Tracy Kidder
Vignette of a Fifth Grade Teacher
Transitioning into Constructivism: A Vignette of a Fifth Grade Teacher - Kenneth L. Shaw & Mia Lena Etchberger
A Commitment to Children
Elementary Schools: Harmony and Cooperation - Merry White
PART II: THE DIVERSITY OF EDUCATIONAL LIFE
Culturally Diverse Families and Schools
Con Respeto: Bridging the Distances between Culturally Diverse Families and Schools - Guadalupe Valdés
Educating Students with Disabilities
Teaching Troubled Children: A Case Study in Effective Classroom Practice - Joseph Cambone
School Inequality: Federal Courts
The Dream Deferred, Again, in San Antonio - Jonathan Kozol
School Inequality: State Courts
Class, Race, Taxes, and State Educational Reform: 1970-1997 - Jean Anyon
PART III: SCHOOLS
The Good High School
George Washington Carver High School: Charismatic Leadership-Building Bridges to a Wider World - Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
Low- and High-Performing Schools Serving Native American Students
North America-Canada - Walter Epp & Juanita Ross Epp
Schools on Probation
Schools Moving Toward Improvement - Heinrich Mintrop with Kim Curtis & Lea Plut-Pregeli
Public School Choice
Public School Choice: A Status Report - Paul Teske, Mark Schneider, Christine Roch, & Melissa Marschall
PART IV: DISTRICTS AND STATES
The Superintendency
A Vision of Hope: A Case Study of Seattle's Two Nontraditional Superintendents - Gary Yee & Barbara Mc Cloud
Reforming Urban Districts
What Happened in the Six Cities? - Larry Cuban & Michael Usdan
State Departments of Education
Methodology - Susan Follett Lusi
State Education Standards
The 1997 Mathematics Standards War in California - Hung-Hsi Wu
PART V: COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL BOARD ACTION
An Urban Youth Program
Quieting Reform: Social Science and Social Action in an Urban Youth Program - Robert E.Stake
School-Community Collaboration in Starting a New School
The Bronx Leadership Academy High School: The Challenges of Innovation - Lee Stuart
Educational Programs and the Local Community Power Structure
Media Accounts - Lourdes Diaz Soto
School Board Leadership
The Wonderful Cacophony of a Free People Disagreeing - Donald R. Mc Adams
A Post-9/11 Perspective on U.S. Education
Another Planet: A Year in the Life of a Suburban High School - Elinor Burkett
Appendix
Doing Case Studies in Education - Robert K. Yin

Editorial Reviews

"Robert Yin offers an interesting alternative for introductory education classes. "

Rosetta Marantz Cohen

"Introducing the World of Education: A Case Study Reader is an anthology expertly written and edited for professionals in the field of education as well as for lifelong learners. Academic advisors, college admissions officers, aspiring teachers, future principals, and students would benefit most from this scholarly resource. The book will be one of my top 10 resources for advisement of undecided students and education majors. "

National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) - Joy Coleman

"Introducing the World of Education: A Case Study Reader is an anthology expertly written and edited for professionals in the field of education as well as for lifelong learners. Academic advisors, college admissions officers, aspiring teachers, future principals, and students would benefit most from this scholarly resource. The book will be one of my top 10 resources for advisement of undecided students and education majors. "— Joy Coleman

National Academic Advising Association (NACADA)