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- Textual records
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- Continuation of title: Title based on contents of the series.
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1991-2005 (Accumulation)
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1957-2005 (Creation)
- Note
- Records were accumulated between 1991 and 2005 but include copies of materials whose originals date back to 1957 (see files 8 and 9).
Physical description area
Physical description
16 cm of textual records
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Archival description area
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Scope and content
Series consists of case materials Wassermann and her collaborators prepared or collected in the course of a multi-year project to support teaching by the case method. Wassermann worked with a group of teachers from Centennial Secondary School in Coquitlam in the 1990s to incorporate Wassermann's teaching for thinking pedagogy into their practice. The case method presents problems drawn from the complexity of real events and requires pupils to learn how to reason from the data. The teacher's role is not to be a disseminator of information but an "extractor of meanings", using artful questioning strategies to help students understand the significant ideas in the curriculum. The group collected and wrote cases for use in the classroom, leading to the establishment of a case study library housed at SFU (the Case Clearinghouse) and the publication of a collection, Cases for Teaching in the Secondary School. Wassermann's collaborators on the project included Laura Bickerton, Rich Chambers, George Dart, Steve Fukui, Joe Gluska, Brenda McNeill, and Paul Odermatt. Records in the series include individual cases prepared or collected by Wassermann and colleagues; case catalogues from Harvard University, International Case Clearinghouse and Primus Education; correspondence relating to cases; and the published collection (file 11).
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Arrangement
A number of cases are undated or lack attribution to an author. Because of this, the files were arranged by the archivist alphabetically by title. The bulk of the individual cases in are files 6-9; these are organized alphabetically by case title and the individual cases are listed in the file descriptions.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Location of originals
Availability of other formats
Restrictions on access
Records are open, with no restrictions.
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Series includes copyright-protected materials owned by third parties (e.g. case authors); see the note on Terms governing use at the fonds level for more on information on using third-party protected materials.
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Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
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Name access points
- Bickerton, Laura (Subject)
- Chambers, Rich (Subject)
- Dart, George (Subject)
- Fukui, Steve (Subject)
- Gluska, Joe (Subject)
- McNeill, Brenda (Subject)
- Odermatt, Paul (Subject)
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
January 2025: series established and described.
Language of description
- English