The use of the case method in teacher preparation
Keywords:
Case studies, teacher educationAbstract
The case studies have been the main didactic instruments in the formation of lawyers, doctors, psychiatrists and more recently business administrators. However in the case of the Latin american teaching profession as a resource equally valuable, we don’t know how it is used, who uses it and with what results. The following work presents a summary about the use of the case studies in several professions. It discusses the advantages and limitations of this system in the teachers formation. Lately it describes how the case methods is used in the program of teachers formation of the State University of San Diego in the Imperial Valley. Finally it outlines the must compelling questions to use the case method as a didactic option in the programs of teachers formation option in the programs of teachers formation in Latin America.
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Andrew, K. (1954). The role of the instructor in the case method. In Fraser, C. E. (ed.) The Case Method at the Harvard Business School. New YorK: McGraw Hill.
Borden, N. (1954). Development of an outline for a course based in the case method. In Fraser, C.E. (ed.). The Case Method at the Harvard Business School. New York: McGraw Hill.
Broudy, H. S. (1985). The case for case studies in teacher education. Coalition for Teacher Education Programs. (ERIC Document No. ED 272500)
Christensen, C. R. (1987). Teaching and the case method (2nd. ed.). Boston: Harvard Business School.
Clark, V. N. (1986). The effectiveness of the case studies in training principals, using the deliberative orientation. Peabody Journal of Education 63 (1), 187-195.
COTEP. (1986). COTEP: A cooperative effort to improve teacher education. Coalition of Teacher Education Programs. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 273616).
Copeland, M.T. (1931). The development of principles by the use of cases. In Fraser, C.E. (ed.). The Case method of instruction. New York: McGraw Hill. Copeland, M. (1954). The genesis of the case method in business instruction. In Fraser, C.E. (ed.). The case method at the Harvard Business School. New York: McGraw Hill.
Culliton, J.W. (1954). The case method at the Harvard Business School. In Fraser, C.E. (ed.). The Case method at the Harvard Business School. New York: McGraw Hill.
David, D.K. (1954). Foreword. In Fraser, C.E. (ed.). The Case method at the Harvard Business School. New York: McGraw Hill.
Donham, W. (1954). The case method in college teaching of social science. In Fraser, C.E. (ed.). The Case method at the Harvard Business School. New York: McGraw Hill.
Dewing, A.S. (1931). An introduction to the use of cases. In Fraser, C.E. (ed.). The Case method of instruction. New York: McGraw Hill.
Feyerweather, J. (1954). The work of the case writer. In Fraser, C.E. (ed.). The Case method at the Harvard Business Scholl. New York: McGraw Hill.
Faser, C.E. (ed.). (1931). The Case method of instruction. New York: McGraw Hill.
Freiberg, H. (1989). Case study in teacher education. The Educational Forum, 52 (3), 235-241.
Grant, G. (1988). Pedagogical content knowledge: A case study of four secondary teachers. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Goodman, J. (1984). Reflection and teacher education: A case study and theoretical analysis. Interchange, 15 (3), 9-26.
Henson, K.T. (1989). Case study in teacher education. The Educational Forum, 52 (3), 235-241.
McCarthy, M. (1989, March). Teaching cases at the Harvard Business School: A model for teacher training and Faculty Development. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
McNair, M.P. (1954). The Case method at the Harvard Business School. (1st. ed.). New York: McGraw Hill.
Merrian, S.B. (1988). Case study research in education: A qualitative approach. (1st. ed.). San Francisco: Jossey Bass.
Merry, R.W. (1954). Use of case material in the classroom. In McNair, M.P. The Case method at the Harvard Business School. (1st. ed.). New York: McGraw Hill.
Secretaría de Programación y Presupuesto (1983). Plan nacional de desarrollo 1983-1988. México, D.F.
Schön, D. and Sprague, P. (1954). The case method as seen by recent graduates. In Faser, C.E. (ed.). The Case method at the Harvard Business School. New York: McGraw Hill. 49
Shulman, J. H. and Colbert, J. A. (eds.). (1987). The mentor teacher casebook . Eugener, OR.: and San Francisco: FarWest Laboratory and ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management.
Shulman, L.S. (1987). Learning to teach. (AAHE-Bulletin, Nov. 1987 5-9). Washington, D.C.: American Association of Higher Education. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 289411).
Shulman, J.H. and Colbert, J.A. (eds.). (1988). The intern teacher casebook. Eugener, OR.: and San Francisco: Far West Laboratory and ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management.
Task Force on Teaching as a Profession. (1986). A nation prepared: Teachers for the 21st. century. New York: Carnegie Forum on Education and Economy.
The Holmes Group. (1986). Tomorrow's teachers: A report of the Holmes Group East Lansing, Michigan: Author.
Wentz, P. & Yarling, J.R. (1982). Student teaching survival kit. Pensacola, FL.: Gulf Coast Educators Press. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 221484).
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Cuéllar, A. (2011). The use of the case method in teacher preparation. Education and Science, 3(10). https://revistaeducacionyciencia.uady.mx/educacionyciencia/article/view/86
