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Accelerating the learning of all students : cultivating culture change in schools, classrooms, and individuals
- Title
- Accelerating the learning of all students : cultivating culture change in schools, classrooms, and individuals / Christine Finnan, Julie D. Swanson.
- Author
- Finnan, Christine R.
- Publication
- Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2000.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Swanson, Julie D.
- Description
- xvii, 190 pages; 23 cm.
- Summary
- Finnan and Swanson emphasize the culture of acceleration for all students, including the at-risk population, and connect the pedagogy of acceleration to the organization and culture of the school. Transforming classroom and school culture to encourage educational acceleration is a primary goal.
- Series Statement
- Renewing American schools
- Uniform Title
- Renewing American schools
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-179) and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / Henry M. Levin -- Foreword / Joseph S. Renzulli -- 1. The Multiple Meanings of Acceleration. Acceleration Defined. Acceleration for a Few or for All: The Social and Historical Context. 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 -- 3. Accelerate = Targeting Low-Achieving Students. Remediation or Acceleration? Who Are Low Achievers? A Model of Acceleration for Low-Achieving Students. Programs That Accelerate Low-Achieving Students -- 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 School and Classroom Culture. Cultivating 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 Future.
- 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 Culture. Assumptions Shaping Expectations for Student Learning and Appropriate Behavior. Assumptions Related to Appropriate Communication and Discourse. Assumptions Related to Appropriate Adult Behavior. Assumptions Related to Appropriate Educational Practices. Moving Classroom Culture Toward Acceleration -- 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?
- ISBN
- 0813390508
- 9780813390505
- LCCN
- 00035937
- OCLC
- ocm43684688
- 43684688
- SCSB-1144132
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library