Product Description: This book advocates the use of case methods to promote democratic teaching and learning. Part I speaks directly to teacher educators. The chapters in this part suggest how and why they might use case methods at pre- and in-service levels...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: What is a democratic classroom? For Cynthia McDermott and her colleagues it is a place where all of the participants-students, teachers, and paraprofessionals-have a voice in the decisions that are made. It is not a place of chaos, nor is it a place where authority figures dictate and govern classroom life...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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