Reinventing the Middle School (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Dickinson, Thomas S.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Many contemporary American middle schools are stuck in a state of "arrested development," failing to implement the original concept of middle schools to a varying, though equally corruptive degrees. The individual chapters of the book outline in detail how to counter this dangerous trend, offering guidance to those who seek immediate, significant, internal reforms before we lose the unique value of middle schools for our nation's adolescents.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136054709
• Artikelnr.: 47893638

Autorenporträt

Thomas S. Dickinson is a Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at Indiana State University and has been the editor of Middle School Journal.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Preface Introduction. Reform and Reinvention James A.
Beane THEORETICAL FOUDATIONS Reinventing the middle school: A proposal to
counter arrested development Thomas S. Dickinson The school and the child
and the child in the school Debra Eckerman Pitton Hope for Sandy:
Transformation points: A reinvention paradigm Mary M. Gallagher-Polite The
arc of equity in re-invented middle schools Janet E. McDaniel, Juan
Necochea, Francisco A. Rios, Laura P. Stowell, and Charlotte Kritzer
CURRICULUM ISSUES Standards, students, and exploration: Creating a
curriculum intersection of excellence P. Elizabeth Pate Connecting caring
and action: Teachers who create learning communities in their classrooms
David Strahan, Tracy Smith, Mike McElrath, and Cecilia Toole On headpieces
of straw: How middle level students view their schooling Richard Powell
ISSUES OF PRACTICE High quality learning opportunities in high poverty
middle schools: Moving from rhetoric to reality Douglas J. Mac Iver,
Estelle Young, Robert Balfanz, Alta Shaw, Maria Garriott, and Amy Cohen
Transforming organizational structures for young adolescents and adult
learning Thomas O. Erb Our turn? Teaming and the professional development
of teachers Daniel L. Kain UNRESOLVED ISSUES The role of technology for
learning in the reinvented middle school Susan M. Powers, Cathleen D.
Rafferty, and B.J. Eib Transformation and context in middle grades reform
Gayle A. Davis Coming together to raise our children: Community and the
reinvented middle school Kim K. Ruebel Engineering success through
purposeful articulation Jeanneine P. Jones Reinventing middle level teacher
preparation via professional development schools Laura Van Zandt Allen and
C. Kenneth McEwin A VIEW TOWARS THE FUTURE On a good day everyone grows:
Reflections on the reinvention of a school Thomas S. Dickinson and Deborah
A. Butler Author Biographies Index