Real School Issues: Case Studies for Educators shares a series of application-based activities that highlight school issues and that are presented in each chapter with a case study, a brief literature review and guiding discussion questions, to be used with undergraduate and graduate students, and current educators. Across the globe, there are many unforeseen problems throughout our schools, such as issues in Curriculum and Instruction; Assessment and Testing; Classroom Management, Student Discipline and Campus Safety; Educator Ethical Issues; or Parents and Outside Stakeholders. This book uses researched based, problem-solving measures to help graduate and undergraduate students, as well as current educators, construct and develop potential solutions to these problems. The focus of this book is to be used as a tool to assisting learners to use researched based methods to assist them in problem solving "real world" problems in a theoretical, "safe" environment of the classroom where they can be lead and assisted by their colleagues, peers, and instructors.
Introduction Section I: Issues That Affect the Classroom Chapter 1: Poor Classroom Management and the First Year Teacher Sarah K. McMahan Chapter 2: Investigating the Demands and Challenges of Critical Thinking Instruction Gina Anderson and Jody Piro Chapter 3: Academic Support and Motivation During Second Language Acquisition: Serious Considerations for Educators Melinda Cowart and Savanna Doroodchi Section II: Issues that Affect the School Campus Chapter 4: The American-Type International School: A Question of Ethics Warren G. Ortloff, Luz Marina Escobar, and Ava Munoz Chapter 5: The Teacher and the Second Job Laura Trujillo-Jenks and Rebecca R. Fredrickson Chapter 6: Innovation and State Testing: The Challenges of a University Charter School Wesley D. Hickey and Joanna Neel Chapter 7: Psychosocial Factors Impacting Bullying in a School Context: Responses for Campus Safety Shannon R. Scott, Kathy DeOrnellas, and Lisa H. Rosen Section III: Issues that Affect the School's Relationship with Stakeholders Chapter 8: Autism Spectrum Disorder: Sophie's Journey Karen Dunlap Chapter 9: Every Student Counts: Did She Really Say That? Teresa Starrett Chapter 10: Teaching Students to Learn or Teaching to the Test? Patrick M. Jenlink Chapter 11: Purpose, Processes, and Change: Issues Parents and Stakeholders Bring to Schools Peggy Malone About the Editors About the Contributors Index
