Family Involvement Teaching Cases

This section offers a selection of teaching cases related to dilemmas in family educational involvement. Often based on a real-life situations, teaching cases are written narratives of a dilemmas requiring resolution. The case method of instruction aims to foster reflection and problem-solving skills among educators. We encourage others to use these cases in their own teacher education courses and training workshops, and welcome feedback to improve their effectiveness as teaching tools.

Browse cases by subject matter below or see a list of all cases.

• Preschool/elementary school
• Middle/high school
• Class, culture, and gender
• Home-school communication
• Community roles
• Parent roles
• School administrator roles
• School counselor roles

In addition to these online teaching cases, we have also compiled a book of cases, entitled Preparing Educators to Involve Families: From Theory to Practice.

Resources for case method instruction:

• Learn how to use a teaching case [72KB Acrobat file, explanation by the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University].
• See an example of instructor notes.
• See a bibliography of additional teaching case resources and case method articles.

Example of how to cite an HFRP teaching case (APA style):

Mayer, E. (2001). What's going on with Tomásito? Retrieved August 1, 2003, from Harvard Family Research Project website: http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects/fine/resources/teaching-case/tomasito.html

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