(Posted 9-27-99)
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DR. BARBARA LEVIN OF UNCG IS COEDITOR OF
NEW BOOK ON CASE STUDIES IN EDUCATION

        GREENSBORO--Dr. Barbara B. Levin, an associate professor of curriculum at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, is co-editor of a new book about the use of case studies in teacher education.
        The book, titled "Who Learns What from Cases and How?,"  was recently published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates of Mahwah, N.J. Her co-authors are Dr. Mary Lundeberg of the University of Wisconsin-River Falls and Dr. Helen Harrington of the University of Michigan.
        The book focuses on the use of case methods as a pedagogical tool for teacher education, which has grown in popularity since the 1980s. Most of the work that has been published has focused on testimonials and authors' experiences rather than on systematic data collection and analysis, said Levin. The new book, she said, emphasizes  the research base for cases and case-based teacher education.
        In addition her co-editing, Levin wrote two of the book's chapters: one about what  teachers  learn from the discussing cases, and the other about the role of the facilitator in case discussions. The book encompasses a wide range of perspectives among its topics. Included are articles on learning from discussion and writing about cases; from video and multimedia cases as well as from print cases; and  working with preservice and inservice teachers. Each chapter concludes with a brief commentary by an invited author.
        Levin is editing another book on the use of problem-based learning for Teacher education. A technology specialist, Levin joined the UNCG faculty in 1992 and holds the Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. She took part in the "Teacher Education Equity Project," a National Science Foundation program to increase the low level of grade-school participation by girls in mathematics, science and technology. She also has coordinated UNCG  technology programs funded by Microsoft.

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