2. QUALITY VISIONS AND FOCUSED IMAGINATION

Abstract

Docucases, a video curriculum for teacher education, combine carefully crafted documentaries of National Board Certified Teachers with the familiar structure of case teaching in order to make abstract concepts more concrete. In this chapter, we discuss the development of docucases, describe how they are currently being used in teacher education, and share evaluation data, which suggest that docucases increase teacher education students’ comprehension of INTASC standards and contribute to their enculturation into the world of quality teaching. We conclude with a discussion of how docucases help students create visions of themselves as teachers.

Citation

Bliss, T. and Reynolds, A. (2003), "2. QUALITY VISIONS AND FOCUSED IMAGINATION", Brophy, J. (Ed.) Using Video in Teacher Education (Advances in Research on Teaching, Vol. 10), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 29-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1479-3687(03)10002-8