Accelerating the Learning of All Students / Finnan, Christine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Finnan, Christine.

Contributor:

Finnan, Christine R.

Swanson, Julie D.

Series:

Renewing American schools Accelerating the learning of all students

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational acceleration.

School improvement programs.

Local Subjects:

Educational acceleration.

School improvement programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (213 p.)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Routledge, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book describes how the term ?acceleration" has been applied to teaching different groups of students and explores the influence of culture, as manifested in schools, classrooms, and individuals, in helping or hindering efforts to accelerate the learning of all students.

Contents:

Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Foreword by Henry M. Levin; Foreword by Joseph S. Renzulli; Introduction; 1. The Multiple Meanings of Acceleration; Acceleration Defined; Acceleration for a Few or for All: The Social and Historical Contexts; Toward Acceleration for All; 2. Accelerate = Serving Gifted and Talented Students; Candidates for Acceleration: Who Is Identified; Why Accelerate Learning for Gifted and Talented Students?; Models of Acceleration for Gifted and Talented Students; From Identification to Development of Gifts and Talents; Conclusion

3. Accelerate = Targeting Low-Achieving StudentsRemediation or Acceleration?; Who Are Low Achievers?; A Model of Acceleration for Low-Achieving Students; Programs That Accelerate Low-Achieving Students; Conclusion; 4. Accelerate = Challenging All Students; The Impetus for Acceleration of All; A Research Framework Supporting Accelerated Learning for All Students; Accelerated Learning Programs, Projects, and Educational Strategies; The Keys to Acceleration for All Students; 5. Cultivating Culture Change to Accelerate the Learning of All Students; Cultivating Acceleration; What is Culture?

Societal Assumptions Influencing Schools and Classroom CultureCultivating Culture Change; 6. Cultivating Acceleration Within School Cultures; Basic Assumptions Shaping School Culture; Assumptions Adults Hold for Children; Assumptions Students Hold About Themselves and Their Failure; Assumptions Related to Expectations for Adults (Teachers, Principals, and Parents); Assumptions About Educational Practices That Are Considered ""Acceptable""; Assumptions About the Value of Change; Moving School Culture Toward Acceleration; 7. Cultivating Acceleration Within Classroom Cultures

Basic Assumptions Shaping Classroom CultureAssumptions Shaping Expectations for Students Learning and Appropriate Behavior; Assumptions Related to Appropriate Communication and Discourse; Assumptions Related to Appropriate Adult Behavior; Assumptions Related to Appropriate Education and Practices; Moving Classroom Culture Toward Acceleration; Notes; 8. Individuals as Cultivators: Acting on Changed Assumptions Within and Beyond the School; Assumptions, Beliefs, and Actions; Responsibilities of Individuals Within Schools and Classrooms; Responsibilities of Individuals Outside of Schools

So How Do We Do This?Note; References; Index

Notes:

Title from content provider.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780429502576

0429502575

9780786742776

0786742771

9781429486682

1429486686

OCLC:

817895649