Drawing on the experiences of educators from across Canada, this collection of case studies encourages students to use perspectives from history, philosophy, and sociology of education as conceptual lenses for analyzing each case. By learning to employ these lenses, students will gradually develop the skills they need to handle the challenges and uncertainties they will encounter in classrooms throughout their careers.

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Shelley Hasinoff, Ph.D., has been teaching for over 30 years at all levels and in three Canadian provinces. She has acted as a resource teacher, a coordinator for gifted and talented students, a faculty associate in the Middle Years program at the University of Manitoba, a principal of a private school, and an assessment and evaluation consultant and coordinator of the Independent Education Unit for Manitoba Education. She is currently an independent education consultant.

David Mandzuk, Ph.D., taught in the public school system in Winnipeg, Manitoba, for 20 years. In 2000, he joined the Faculty of Education at the University of Manitoba as an assistant professor in Middle Years education; in 2003, he was appointed Associate Dean (Undergraduate Programs); in 2006, he became an associate professor and in 2013, he was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Education.

"There is a nice balance between theoretical concepts found in the foundations of education - history, philosophy, and sociology - and the more practical concepts found in the case studies. . . . . All the topics presented are real, believable, and challenging for a student or new teacher." --Olive Ridler, Nipissing University

"This book has the potential to contribute to important advances in reshaping the course of Canadian education - it should be required reading for pre-service and in-service teachers alike!" --Edwin B. Wasiak, University of Lethbridge