Cases for Middle School Educators. - Review - book review

Adolescence, Spring, 2001

SISKIND, Theresa Gay le. Cases for Middle School Educators. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2000. 134pp. (p).

These nineteen real-life cases paint a compelling picture of middle school education, bringing to life those theories and methods education students have encountered in textbooks. Cases for Middle School Educators offers students the opportunity for detailed case analysis--allowing them to practice problem solving, to mesh theory and practice, to simulate situations, and to work on collaborative solutions. Many of these cases grew out of the Middle School Project, an experimental program for training middle school teachers. Based on actual situations, these cases are ideal for discussion by in-service professionals and pre-service professionals, by administrators as well as teachers.