Preparing Teachers to Successfully Integrate Vocational and Academic Education: A Case Study Approach

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Top of Document
• Executive Summary
• Acknowledgments
• An Introduction to the Case Studies
• Using the Case Studies
• References
• Group I - Cooperative Efforts
  • Case Study 1 - Let's Get Started
  • Case Study 2 - Teachers Teaching Teachers: Can It Work?
  • Case Study 3 - Don't Step On My Toes
  • Case Study 4 - Commitment Makes the Difference
  • Case Study 5 - The Importance of Terminology
  • Case Study 6 - Different Courses, Different Students, Different Teaching
  • Case Study 7 - Shifting from "Us and Them" to "We"
  • Case Study 8 - Coordination Gone Awry
  • Case Study 9 - The Applied Approach Makes All the Difference
  • Case Study 10- Sharing with Parents
  • Case Study 11- Teacher Cooperation Leads to Learning Enrichment
  • Case Study 12- Reinforcing Academics
• Group II - Curriculum Strategies
  • Case Study 13 - The Turning Point
  • Case Study 14 - Confusion Reigns
  • Case Study 15 - Was It Miscommunication or Inexperience?
  • Case Study 16 - Teaming To Develop a Textbook
  • Case Study 17 - Hands-On Experience Versus Class Attendance
  • Case Study 18 - Should They Pull Them Out?
  • Case Study 19 - Making Math More Relevant
  • Case Study 20 - Time for Change
  • Case Study 21 - Building a Better Mouse Trap (Car)
  • Case Study 22 - The Business of Learning
  • Case Study 23 - Getting Back on Track
• Group III - Instructional Strategies
  • Case Study 24 - The Student Does the Teaching
  • Case Study 25 - But, It Takes Time
  • Case Study 26 - The Formula for Interest
  • Case Study 27 - Letter Writing in the Auto Mechanics Lab
  • Case Study 28 - Mathematics in the Pre-Engineering Laboratory
  • Case Study 29 - The Community Can Be a Valuable Resource
  • Case Study 30 - Diabetics in the Classroom
  • Case Study 31 - Interviewing Skills
  • Case Study 32 - Teaching Writing Skills to Horticulture Students
  • Case Study 33 - A Science Teacher Learns about Computers
  • Case Study 34 - Anxiety in the Computer Laboratory
  • Case Study 35 - Don't Say Trigonometry
  • Case Study 36 - Parasites in the Fish Tanks
• Group IV - Administrative Practices and Procedures
  • Case Study 37 - What We Have Here Is a Communication Problem
  • Case Study 38 - If at First You Don't Succeed
  • Case Study 39 - Dealing with the Skeptics
  • Case Study 40 - Promises Never Kept
  • Case Study 41 - Team Teaching: What Made It All Possible
  • Case Study 42 - When Are They Really Going To Involve the Faculty?
  • Case Study 43 - This Will Ruin Our School!
  • Case Study 44 - Organizing for Teacher Cooperation
  • Case Study 45 - Is There a Leader in the House?
  • Case Study 46 - A Heart-to-Heart Talk
• Appendix A: Selected Bibliography for Case Study Instructional Method
• Appendix B: Chart of Cases

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