Abstract Student-sparked discussions of personal teaching experiences can be single of the most powerful learning experiences proffered in teacher education courses.

Abstract

Student-sparked discussions of personal teaching experiences can be single of the most powerful learning experiences proffered in teacher education courses. Framing practice-based discussions to provide reflective distance upon experience and to encourage making connections to theory and research is oftentimes a challenge. This article chronicles and analyzes the use of a proces of writing case studies as a fabric for focusing and enriching discussion of practice within a graduate course upon teaching writing to children.

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Spring 1999 I share the stage in a mini-drama played revealed again and again in teacher education classes in associations and universities ...