To Think Like a Teacher: Cases for Special Education Interns and Novice Teachers

This engaging casebook enables preservice and novice Special Education teachers to explore challenging issues as well as to practice problem-solving like a master teacher. Focusing on the main issues university supervisors and mentor teachers cite as critical for new teachers, this book presents a wide range of cases (told in a preservice/novice teacher "voice") that stimulate reflective thinking about practice. Through case-based reflection, the reader develops schema to effectively process instructional and interpersonal challenges. It enables the reader to more thoroughly investigate important issues faced by preservice teachers and to develop strategies for potential action.