Enriching curriculum for all students
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Enriching curriculum for all students
Corwin Press, c2001
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Bibliography: p. [179]-184
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Empowering the teacher to teach and teach well-that's what Enriching Curriculum For All Students is about. Using the tried-and-tested Schoolwide Enrichment Model, teachers learn improved strategies for:
Team building
Collaboration
Staff development
Increasing parent involvement
This complete reference also provides instruction on how to implement and properly use the Total Talent Portfolio. This plan is practical, easy to use, and can be utilized in any school.
Table of Contents
Foreword, by Howard Gardner
Introduction
1. An Overview of School Improvement Efforts
Who Benefits From Good Schools?
The Problem With the Nation's Schools
Why Haven't Schools Improved?
Lessons Learned From Failed School Improvement Efforts
How to Improve Schools: The Schoolwide Enrichment Model
How The Schoolwide Enrichment Model Is Different
Opening the School Door to Improvement Through Enrichment
2. An Overview of the Schoolwide Enrichment Model
The Goals of Schoolwide Enrichment
School Structures and the Schoolwide Enrichment Model
About Grouping and Tracking
3. Using the Total Talent Portfolio
What Is the Total Talent Portfolio?
Gathering and Recording Information About Abilities
Gathering and Recording Information About Student Interests
Style Preferences
Benefits of the Total Talent Portfolio
4. Curriculum Modification and Differentiation
Rationale for Curriculum Compacting
An Overview of Curriculum Compacting
The Multiple Menu Model: A Guide to In-Depth Learning and Teaching
Interdisciplinary Models
5. Enrichment Learning and Teaching
What Are Enrichment Learning and Teaching?
How Can Teachers Learn Enrichment Teaching?
The Enrichment Triad Model
Type I Enrichment: General Exploratory Experiences
Type II Enrichment: Group Training Activities
Type III Enrichment: Individual and Small Group Investigations of Real Problems
Applying the Type III Process to Enrichment Clusters
6. Organizational Components of the Schoolwide Enrichment Model
The Schoolwide Enrichment Teaching Specialist
Creating a Schoolwide Enrichment Team
The Professional Development Model
The Schoolwide Enrichment Model Web Site
Parent Orientation, Training, and Involvement
Implementing Democratic School Management as a Plan for Change
Concluding Thoughts
Appendix A: Research Related to the Schoolwide Enrichment Model
Appendix B: Taxonomy of Type II Process Skills
Appendix C: SE-Train (Schoolwide Enrichment Teachers' Rating of Appraised In-Service Needs)
Resources
References
Index
by "Nielsen BookData"
