Middle School Case Studies: Challenges, Perceptions, and Practices

by Charles R. Watson

With its pure focus on the unique challenges and rewards of teaching middle school, this provocative new casebook provides a window into the day-to-day life of middle school teachers and the middle school students they teach. The book presents brief, realistic case studies covering a wide range of topics to create an opportunity for readers to examine the full spectrum of middle school issues, including interdisciplinary teaming, advisory programs, the nature of the preadolescent learner, instructional methods, grouping, parental involvement, leadership, and others.

124 pages, Paperback

First published August 31, 1996

About the author

Charles Roger Watson

Reviews

[Diane · Rating 2 out of 5]

Outdated, formulaic case studies whose only merit is that, yes, some of these cases do occur in middle schools and teachers and administrative staff are left to navigate and puzzle them out on their own or in teams. Sadly, I don’t think it holds too much direct comparison to the world today and the further complexities that exist in the secondary classroom.