Designing an Interactive Gamified Online Case Study Platform for Preparing Preservice Teachers to Work with Parents

摘要

Many preservice teachers find parental involvement theories, strategies and concepts they learn in university classrooms too abstract to help address parental involvement issues they encounter in schools. Case study method is one of the many approaches that have been used in teacher education programs to connect theory and practice. This study evaluated the effectiveness of online case studies as a methodology for improving teacher preparation on working with families and dealing with parents.