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Tables of Contents for Perspectives on Elementary Education
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
ix
About the Case Authors
xiii
CHAPTER ONE Using Diverse Cases: A Rationale and Suggested Guidelines
1
11
PHILOSOPHICAL BASIS
4
1
ADVANTAGES OF CASE-BASED INSTRUCTION
5
1
THE STRUCTURE OF THIS TEXT
6
1
GUIDELINES FOR THE USE OF CASES
7
2
SUMMARY
9
3
CHAPTER TWO Culture
12
45
Case 2.1 Language: A Part of Who You Are
14
5
Julia Reguero de Atiles
Case 2.2 Teaching English as a Second Language: A Kindergarten Teacher's Perspective
19
12
Jennifer W. Anthony
Case 2.3 Have Times Really Changed?
31
4
Stephanie Bales
Case 2.4 What One Catholic School Learned from Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn!
35
6
Rachel Davis-Haley and Louis A. Castenell, Jr.
Case 2.5 Where Have All the Ipil-Ipil Trees Gone? Science Education through the Politics of Poverty
41
5
Theresa Silva, Sharon E. Nichols, and Deborah J. Tiepins
Case 2.6 Domestic Discrimination
46
4
Thomas Van Soelen
Case 2.7 An Elementary Education Experience of Adjustment and Transition
50
4
Inore G. Mendoza
Case 2.8 The Teasing of Than
54
3
Thomas Van Soelen and Julie B. Van Soelen
CHAPTER THREE Academic Performance and Expectations
57
31
Case 3.1 Hallway Math Again?
59
5
Dorothy White
Case 3.2 When a Gifted Student Underachieves: A Dilemma for Teachers, Parents, and Counselors
64
8
Thomas P. Hebert
Case 3.3 Lifting the Veil on Gender Issues
72
4
Denise S. Mewborn and Angel Abney
Case 3.4 Schooling Gifted Black Children: Issues for Parents and Teachers
76
8
Tarek C. Grantham and Linda A. Long
Case 3.5 To Retain or Not to Retain?
84
4
Matthew P. Quirk
CHAPTER FOUR Safety and Prosocial Behaviors
88
37
Case 4.1 Teasing the Traumatized Child
90
5
Jill Barber and Mary W. Armsworth
Case 4.2 The Inconvenient Child
95
3
David K. Grant
Case 4.3 Anna's Undergarments
98
3
Victoria Person
Case 4.4 You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover: Mr. Smith Confronts Drug Use among His Students
101
5
Aaron Childers, Vicki Bunke, and Tara Terry-Childers
Case 4.5 "I Am Not Going To..."
106
5
Jennifer Hargrove
Case 4.6 To Tell the Truth
111
3
Carson McCutcheon
Case 4.7 Moving On As Best We Can
114
5
Jeannelle Carlisle
Case 4.8 Sudden Tragedy
119
6
Sylvia Hutchinson and Michelle Graham
CHAPTER FIVE Social Issues
125
26
Case 5.1 A Trip to Reality: An "Everyone" Story
127
3
Rebecca Mann
Case 5.2 Dealing with Dishonesty
130
6
Pat Nickell
Case 5.3 Ostracizing Rich
136
5
R.C. Carter
Case 5.4 Go on into the Hall-You're Excused from the Celebration: Religious Observance in a Public School Classroom
141
3
Dee Russell and Paige E. Campbell
Case 5.5 The Difficult Parent
144
3
Stacy Schwartz
Case 5.6 Student Stress: It's 10:00 P.M. Do You Know Where Your Kids Are?
147
4
P. Elizabeth Pate
CHAPTER SIX Special Needs
151
17
Case 6.1 Fighting for Robert
152
4
Barbara Bradley
Case 6.2 "Dr. Kent! Justin Is Being Mean..."
156
2
Linda Lord and Patricia M. Hentenaar
Case 6.3 A Year Full of Challenges: Teaching a Student Who Is Deaf in a Regular Classroom
158
5
Susan B. Cardin
Case 6.4 Chronic Illness and the Art of Juggling Medications, Instructional Activities, and Transportation
163
5
Yvette Q. Getch
CHAPTER SEVEN The Family
168
31
Case 7.1 Another New Student? Susan Jordan Looks for Help with her High Numbers of Mobile Students
169
7
Martha Allexsaht-Snider and Nakheung Kim
Case 7.2 William, the Conqueror
176
5
JoAnn Marshall, Mark Barker, and Kathryn Barker
Case 7.3 Jonathan's Story
181
7
Lola Finn
Case 7.4 My Brother Says You're a Fag
188
3
Paige E. Campbell and Dee Russell
Case 7.5 Many Faces of Homelessness
191
8
Claire E. Hamilton and Xernona J. Thomas
Author Index
199
4
Subject Index
203