| Description |
xxii, 346 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Theoretical foundations. Reinventing the middle school : a proposal to counter arrested development / Thomas S. Dickinson -- The school and the child and the child in the school / Debra Eckerman Pitton -- Hope for Sandy : transformations points : a reinvention paradigm / Mary M. Gallagher-Polite -- The arc of equity in reinvented middle schools / Janet E. McDaniel ... [et al.] -- Curriculum issues. Standards, students, and exploration : creating a curriculum intersection of excellence / P. Elizabeth Pate -- Connecting caring and action : teachers who create learning communities in their classrooms / David Strahan ... [et al.] -- On headpieces of straw : how middle level students view their schooling / Richard R. Powell -- Issues of practice. High-Quality learning opportunities in high poverty middle schools : moving from rhetoric to reality / Douglas J. Mac Iver ... [et al.] -- Transforming organizational structures for young adolescents and adult learning / Thomas O. Erb -- Our turn? Teaming and the professional development of teachers / Daniel L. Kain -- The role of technology for learning in the reinvented middle school / Susan M. Powers, Cathleen D. Rafferty, B.J. Eib -- Unresolved issues. Transformation and context in middle grades reform / Gayle A. Davis -- Coming together to raise our children : community and the reinvented middle school / Kim K. Ruebel -- Engineering success through purposeful articulation / Jeanneine P. Jones -- Reinventing middle level teacher preparation via professional development schools / Laura Van Zandt Allen, C. Kenneth McEwin -- Closing. On a good day everyone grows : reflections on the reinvention of a school / Thomas S. Dickinson, Deborah A. Butler. |
| Subject |
Middle schools -- United States.
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Middle school education -- United States -- Philosophy.
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Educational change -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Dickinson, Thomas S.
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| ISBN |
0415925924 |
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9780415925921 |
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0415925932 paperback |
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9780415925938 paperback |
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