Amelia Klein
Wheelock College

Amelia Klein is an associate professor of Education at Wheelock College in Boston, Massachusetts. She received a Ed.D. from Boston University in early childhood education. A recipient of her college’s Cynthia Longfellow Teaching Award, she continues to search for innovative and effective teaching/learning approaches which will prepare her students to become competent (and blissful) teachers of young children.

Klein is member of the executive board of WACRA^TM - World Association for Case Method Research and Application. In her role as an active learner of case methodology, she has authored numerous papers, articles and chapters on case teaching, and has organized and directed interactive symposia for educators in Eastern Europe. She is currently investigating cross-cultural applications of case-based teaching. Her interests include: travel (inspired by John Steinbeck’s Travels with Charlie in high school), hosting international conferences, the study of humor, and young children everywhere.

Name of Chapter: "All I Need to Know I Learned In Kindergarten": Applying Cases To Early Childhood Teacher Education Programs

Chapter Preview: Amelia Klein leads us off with a charming account of her early teaching experiences and their relationship to her current use of cases in early childhood teacher education programs. She also discusses using "live cases," and establishing collaborative communities among colleagues at her own institution, and internationally, for case-based teaching and professional development

Address:

Dr. Amelia Klein
Wheelock College
Department of Professional Studies
35 Pilgrim Road
Boston, MA 02215-4176

Website Resource:
WACRA: http://www.agecon.uga.edu/~wacra/wacra.htm
E-mail Address: Aklein@Wheelock.edu
Phone Number: (781) 734-5200 ext. 2171
Fax Number: (781) 444-1548

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