The dimensions of time and the challenge of school reform / edited by Patricia Gándara.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gandara, Patricia C.

Series:

SUNY series, restructuring and school change

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Schedules, School--United States.

Schedules, School.

United States.

Time management--United States.

Time management.

Educational change--United States.

Educational change.

Physical Description:

vi, 260 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2000]

Summary:

As the education reform movement matures into its second decade, it is clear that many promising efforts have fallen short in their attempts to create real school change. One reason for this is that the process of school reform is much more complex than most reformers realized or were willing to acknowledge. The Dimensions of Time and the Challenge of School Reform points to another problem--the problem of time--and its role in both the success and failure of school reform efforts. The importance of understanding the role that time plays in both learning and instruction and finding ways to provide time for teachers grappling with change and students learning to accommodate a new language and culture are important themes in this book. This book is directed to policymakers and practitioners as well as to academics in that it combines theory with the "real world" experiences of many who have been active in the school reform movement and who have learned, through trial and error, how to think about time in innovative ways.

Contents:

Part I Conceptualizing Time and School Reform

Chapter 1 Time, Learning, and School Reform: A Conceptual Framework / Lorin W. Anderson 13

Part II Time as the Content of School Reform

Chapter 2 Time and Resources: The Early Experience of New American Schools / Susanna Purnell, Robert Reichardt 31

Chapter 3 Effective Use of Time in the Education of English Language Learners / Catherine Minicucci 49

Chapter 4 Rethinking Time and Teacher Working Conditions / Patricia Gandara 69

Chapter 5 Increasing Achievement for Elementary Students, Including Those At-Risk, through the Manipulation of Time and the School Calendar / Carolyn Kneese 89

Chapter 6 Time: A Barrier to and Impetus for Reform: One District's Journey / Judy Fish 103

Part III Time as Process in School Reform

Chapter 7 Teachers' Use of Time in a Period of Change / Allan Pitman, Thomas Romberg 135

Chapter 8 Representing Time and Studying School Change: Lessons from a Collaborative Field Study / Jon Wagner 153

Chapter 9 Time(s) for Educational Reform: The Experience of Two States / Audrey J. Noble, Mary Lee Smith 181

Chapter 10 Reforming Time: Timescapes and Rhythms of Learning / John Lofty 203

Chapter 11 When Time Is on Our Side: Redesigning Schools to Meet the Needs of Immigrant Students / Laurie Olsen, Ann Jaramillo 225.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0791443574

0791443582

OCLC:

40521223