K-12 Teachers in the Midst of Reform : Common Thread Cases

This casebook provides readers with narratives and actual accounts of teachers dealing with the problematic aspects of everyday teaching. An extremely well done variety of case studies, at all levels and subjects, demonstrates analytic problem solving and a course of action based on well-reasoned insights. Individuals learning by these examples will be able to help catalyze dynamic learning communities of the 21st century. The book's content is consistent with INTASC principles and current reform standards produced by various national organizations. All ten extremely well done case studies serve to illuminate the actual changes that teachers undertake to implement proposed improvements. For a wide range of educators.

Traci Bliss, Ph.D., is an associate professor of curriculum studies and teacher education at Idaho State University. She has served as a state policy advisor to the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and helped draft the INTASC Standards. She is the Director of Idaho Classrooms of Accomplished Teachers sponsored by the 1. A. & Kathryn Albertson Foundation.

Joan Mazur is an associate professor of instructional design and technology at the University of Kentucky. She is widely published in such diverse journals as the Journal of Teacher Education and the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, continuously focusing on the integration of technology and researching its effects in a variety of educational contexts.