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1.0 May 16 -Past as prologue
in school reform (click here to go to this
lesson)
VIDEO: In Schools We Trust (Merrow
Video)
- Past: To meet population needs to prepare
students for tasks and roles.
- Past: To establish efficiency at the cost of
shared decision-making and collaborative
learning.
- Present: Looking for a new vision within the
three "waves" of school change that began with
A Nation at Risk.
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2.0 May
23--The
learning-centered school with a thinking curriculum
(click here to go to the lesson)
AUDIO: The Schools
We Need (Merrow Audio)
- Transforming the
traditional basic skills curricula for an
information-based society.
- Teaching skills and
content for more than
“coverage.”
- Responding to a new
vision of collaborative learning.
- Initiating meaningful
learning experiences (active, self-regulated,
higher order thinking, transfer to real-world
tasks).
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3.0 May
30--Discipline,
problem solving, and cooperation through the
arts
VIDEO: H.O.T.
Schools, Arts, Academic, and
Democracy
- Enhancing critical and
creative evaluative thinking in
students.
- Building a repertoire
of realistic projects.
- Providing problem
solving activities for students to demonstrate
creative thinking.
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4.0 June
6--New
learning environments as alternatives in secondary
schools
VIDEO: Community
High School (The School Story Video)
- Setting high
expectations for all students.
- Seeking and
interpreting information to modify lessons
appropriately.
- Motivating students
with creative environments with a variety of
strategies and resources.
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5.0 June
13--Political
and economic realities
VIDEO: Education's
Big Gamble: Charter Schools (Merrow
Video)
- Changing state and
national agendas.
- Creating charter
schools.
- Giving teachers and
other professionals increased discretionary
power and responsibility.
- Changing a school's
climate and culture through teaming,
collaborative learning, and shared
decision-making.
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6.0 June
20--How
to institute a collaborative classroom in our
public schools
AUDIO: Getting
By (Merrow Audio)
- Assuming new teacher
roles to connect teachers to "won't"
students.
- Seeking student
collaboration in the learning
process.
- Initiating
self-regulated and reflective
learning.
- Establishing
collaborative classrooms with multiple
cultures.
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7.0 June
27--Multidimensional
assessment: strategies for the classroom (click
here to go to the lesson)
VIDEO:
Testing...Testing...Testing (Merrow
Video)
- Assessing the multiple
dimensions of learning.
- Promoting authentic
work and implications for
assessment.
- Implementing
multidimensional assessment
strategies.
- Using assessment with
a focus on equity and diversity.
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8.0 July
4-Schools
as Learning Communities
AUDIO: Race and
Gender (Merrow Audio)
- Seeing all students as
successful learners.
- Reconnecting students
at risk to the learning process.
- Participating in
teacher teaming and teacher caring.
- Promoting shared
decision-making at the school site.
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9.0 July
11--The
meaning of professional development for the 21st
Century
VIDEO: Madison Middle
School (The School Story Video)
- Using community
resources that interface with the
classroom.
- Building
non-threatening environments which foster
effective teaching and learning.
- Responding to changing
needs and priorities.
- Seeing full service
schools as national treasures.
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