Description |
xiii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-266). |
Contents |
Foreword / Jerome C. Harste -- Pt. 1. Making Connections -- Pt. 2. Discoveries -- Pt. 3. Trying on Someone Else's Skin -- Pt. 4. Making Learning and Teaching Whole -- Appendix A: Professional Resources: Themes, Curriculum Integration, and Inquiry -- Appendix B: Resources for "Discoveries" / Martha Rosen and Cora Lee Five -- Appendix C: Student Activities for "Discoveries" -- Appendix D: Examples of Draft and Final "Discoveries" Reports -- Appendix E: The Computer Connection / Gerald Crisci -- Appendix F: Resources for "Trying on Someone Else's Skin" -- Appendix G: Student Book Talks for "Trying on Someone Else's Skin" |
Summary |
Bridging the Gap is a book about making connections - connections that make learning meaningful for students and teachers. It details a unique collaboration between two teachers (one in elementary school, the other in middle school) as they introduce broad themes into their classrooms. Together, they worked to bridge the gap between subjects in their students' learning and the gap in their understanding of each other's teaching situations. |
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Cora Lee Five describes in detail how she immerses her fifth graders in colonial life and the Revolutionary War through the creation of a "Discoveries" theme. She relates how her students become partners in the planning process, develop their own theme within the theme, and follow their own inquiries. Reading, writing, simulations, and debates bring the colonial mind to life, allowing each student to "become" a colonist and make present-day connections. |
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Marie Dionisio describes how her middle school language arts classes explore point of view within a theme entitled "Trying on Someone Else's Skin." These classes become an adventure in self-discovery, perception, and empathy as her students explore what it feels like to be someone different and ask serious questions about stereotype and prejudice. Examples of student journal entries and classroom discussions recount their experiences. |
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Throughout the book, Five and Dionisio support inquiry and validate risk taking for both students and teachers. They walk readers through their own processes of experimentation and discovery, providing lots of suggestions for developing a theme and integrating the prescribed curriculum. |
Subject |
Education, Elementary -- Curricula -- United States.
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Middle schools -- Curricula -- United States.
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Interdisciplinary approach in education -- United States.
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Education, Elementary -- Curricula.
(OCoLC)fst00902959
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Interdisciplinary approach in education. (OCoLC)fst00976122
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Middle schools -- Curricula.
(OCoLC)fst01020557
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Curriculumplanung.
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Fächerübergreifender Unterricht.
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Hauptschule.
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Middle school.
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United States.
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Added Author |
Dionisio, Marie.
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ISBN |
043508853X (acid-free paper) |
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9780435088538 (acid-free paper) |
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