Creating Nongraded K-3 Classrooms: Teachers′ Stories and Lessons Learned - Softcover

Hovda, Ric A.; Kyle, Diane W.; McIntyre, Ellen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803964870 ISBN 13: 9780803964877

Publisher: Corwin, 1996

Synopsis

Many schools in the United States are considering moving from traditional, skill-based instruction to child-centred instruction in nongraded, primary classrooms. This book describes nongraded, primary programmes that illustrate developmentally appropriate practices for teaching young children. Seven critical attributes to these programmes are examined including multiage//multiability grouping, professional teamwork, positive parental involvement and authentic assessment.

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From the Back Cover

Take full advantage of the real-life experiences of other practitioners who are closely involved in the reform movement. Here are practical, concrete lessons on how to handle the challenges of teaching an ungraded class. Follow the stories"visit" the classrooms - and see the teachers grow from being adequate to extraordinary educators. Watch how the students learn to learn. Discover how to master these important skills: establishing an ungraded classroom; coping with the inevitable changes that result from innovation; encouraging teacher growth with on-the-job development; "kidwatching" - documenting learning as children work; including special-needs students in your multiage classroom; and working with parents and winning their support. Based on the true-life experiences of teachers, principals, and parents involved in KERA (Kentucky Education Reform Act), this book tells the story of the transformed teaching and learning lives of Kentucky educators engaged in the bold experiment of nongraded K-3 classes.

About the Author

Diane W. Kyle is a professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning at the University of Louisville. She has coauthored Reaching Out: A K–8 Resource for Connecting Schools and Families and Reflective Teaching for Student Empowerment: Elementary Curriculum and Methods, coedited Creating Nongraded Primary Classrooms: Teachers’ Stories and Lessons Learned, and pub­lished in such journals as Language Arts, Peabody Journal of Education, Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, Education & Equity, Teaching Children Mathematics, and Elementary School Journal. Her most recent project, co­directed with Ellen McIntyre, is “Sheltered Instruction and Family Involvement: An Approach to Raising Achievement of LEP Students,” funded by the US Department of Education. She also codirected with Ellen McIntyre a research project, “Children’s Academic Development in Nongraded Primary Programs,” funded by the Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence (CREDE) at the University of California at Santa Cruz.

About this edition

• Publisher: Corwin
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0803964870
• ISBN 13: 9780803964877
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224