Teaching transformed : achieving excellence, fairness, inclusion, and harmony / Roland G. Tharp [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tharp, Roland G., 1930-2015, author.

Series:

Renewing American schools.

Renewing American Schools : The Education Knowledge Base

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School improvement programs--United States.

School improvement programs.

Educational equalization--United States.

Educational equalization.

Inclusive education--United States.

Inclusive education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York ; London, [England] : Routledge, 2018.

Summary:

All school reformers are trying for better schooling; but all are not marching to the same drum. Four goals-- Excellence, Fairness, Inclusion and Harmony-- are emphasized by different groups. Are the four goals competing ideas of the good, so that national political debates must result in prioritizing, in winners and losers? Tharp, Estrada, Dalton, and Yamauchi demonstrate that the four goals can all be achieved, simultaneously and maximally, by classrooms of a new vision.All school reform has one final common pathway -- instructional activity. Whatever the specific reform, from policy or

Contents:

Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction and Overview; The Goals of Activity and Teaching; The Goals of Educational Reform: Excellence, Fairness, Inclusion and Harmony; Can Schools Actually Provide Excellence, Fairness, Inclusion, and Harmony?; Unified Reform; Plan of the Book; Notes; 2. Transformed Classrooms: Description, Principles, and Criteria; Quality Criteria for Instructional Activity in Classrooms; Generic Principles for Effective Pedagogy; The Five Standards for Effective Pedagogy

Necessary Conditions for the Effective Organization of Instructional ActivityCommon Values, Diverse Cultures; Conclusion; Notes; 3. Activity in Theory and Classroom; The Social Construction of Mind; The Organization of Social Relationships; Social Relationships: The Dynamics of Formation and Change; Changing Patterns of Relationship for Improved Teaching and Learning; Conclusion; Notes; 4. Patterns of Instructional Activity and Relationships; Propinquity: Affecting Inclusion, Fairness, and Harmony in Peer Relationships

Instructional Activity: Affecting Inclusion, Fairness, and Harmony in Peer RelationshipsPeer Relationships, Friendship, and Academic and Social Excellence; Propinquity and Activity: Affecting Inclusion, Fairness, and Harmony in Teacher-Student Relationships; Propinquity, Activity, and the Quality of Teacher-Student Relationships; Teacher-Student Relationships and Academic and Social Excellence; Conclusion; Notes; 5. Culture and Instructional Activity; Culture and Expectations; Individualism and Collectivism; Role Expectations in the Classroom; Power; Language Genres and Codes in the Classroom

Conclusion6. Designing the Organization of Instructional Activity; Grade Level, Diversity, and Content Area; A Developmental Model; Activity Settings; The Instructional Frame; Classroom Management; Phase 1: One to Four Weeks: Building an Academic Learning Community Using Activity Settings and Instructional Frame; Phase 2: Two to Three Weeks: Grouping for Independent and Simultaneous Activity; Phase 3: One to Two Weeks: Teaching and Learning in Activity Settings; Phase 4: Two to Three Weeks: Teaching Through Activity Settings

Phase 5: Routine for the Rest of the Year: Teaching Through Instructional Conversation wiht Multiple, Simultaneous Activity SettingsConclusion; 7. Classrooms of Phase 5: Evidence, Vision, and Future; The Organizational System for Instructional Activity; Theory and Dynamics; Do Phase 5 Classrooms Achieve Excellence, Fairness, Inclusion, and Harmony?; Supporting Evidence; Shall We Improve Our Schools?; The Image of Schools in the Eyes of Educators and the Public; Preparing Teachers for Phase 5; Notes; Appendices; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-429-97657-7

1-4294-9088-8