Who Learns What From Cases and How? : The Research Base for Teaching and Learning With Cases

As teacher-educators contemplate the 21st century, they face a clear and compelling challenge to offer strong teacher education programs that will help teachers become as effective as possible in influencing student learning. The complex conditions of student learning, the increasing diversity of school populations, and the rapidly changing knowledge base about teaching combine to make this challenge particularly daunting. It is clear that teacher-educators must find ways to provide aspiring teachers with approaches, experiences, and ways of thinking that will enable them to perform effectively in their classrooms.