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Building Effective Afterschool Programs de Olatokunbo S. Fashola

Building Effective Afterschool Programs

Autor Olatokunbo S. Fashola
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 noi 2001
Through a comprehensive review of various afterschool programmes across the United States, respected authority on programme effectiveness Olatokunbo S. Fashola, sheds new light on "what works" to increase academic achievement during nonschool hours. Administrators, policy-makers, teachers, and researchers can benefit from the examples of both the successes and the shortcomings encountered by their colleagues in the quest to create enhanced learning opportunities in safe and enriching environments.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780761978787
ISBN-10: 076197878X
Pagini: 136
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 x 9 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția Corwin
Locul publicării:Thousand Oaks, United States

Recenzii

"This book provides a unique source of information, experience, and evidence that is essential for any educator or policymaker involved in planning afterschool programs for children."

"Building Effective Afterschool Programs offers a combination of theory, research, and practice for anyone interested in exploring afterschool issues or implementing afterschool programs. Fashola is to be commended for helping the reader organize their thoughts on 'what works' in afterschool programming. She offers the reader a means for examining current afterschool programs and promising strategies that have evidence of effectiveness and replicability."

"Fashola is to be commended for helping the reader organize their thoughts on 'what works' in afterschool programming. She offers the reader a means for examining current afterschool programs and promising strategies that have evidence of effectiveness and replicability."

“Building Effective Afterschool Programs provides a breadth of information that interested stakeholders can use in planning, designing, or implementing an afterschool program. Especially noteworthy is the attention paid to the importance of evaluation.”

Cuprins

Foreword
Preface
About the Author
1. Why Afterschool Programs?
2. Language Arts Afterschool Programs
3. Enrichment Afterschool Programs
4. Tutoring Programs to Improve Reading and Study Skills
5. Community-Based Afterschool Programs
6. How to Create an Afterschool Program: From Conception to Implementation
7. Evaluation
8. Conclusions and Implications: What Works
Resources: Contacts for Information on Programs Reviewed
References
Index

Notă biografică

Olatokunbo (Toks) S. Fasholais a senior research fellow with Optimal Solutions Group and an adjunct research scientist and faculty associate at Johns Hopkins University. She has served as principal investigator, evaluator, and advisor for several programs and program evaluations across the country.

Prior to joining the Optimal Solutions Group, Fashola was the research director of the Comprehensive School Reform Center at the American Institutes for Research (AIR), where she was primarily responsible for the evaluation and production of AIR Reports. This work involved reviewing and evaluating the effectiveness of K-12 programs. Fashola was also involved in the National Longitudinal Study of the No Child Left Behind Act (NLS-NCLB) and served as a senior content advisor for the What Works Clearinghouse in the area of high school dropouts.

Her more recent work addresses the education of African American males, afterschool programs, schoolwide reform, and program evaluation and rigorous research in general and special education.

Toks Fashola is the editor of Educating African American Males: Voices From the Field (Corwin Press, 2005) and wrote some of the book¿s chapters. She wrote Building Effective Afterschool Programs (Corwin Press, 2001) and Show Me the Evidence!: Proven and Promising Programs for Americäs Schools. Fashola has also served as an author of book chapters in Effective Programs for Latino Students.

Fashola has served on panels to reputable organizations such as the U.S. Department of Education¿s IES and the National Academy of Science¿s Committee on Research in Education as well as the National Science Foundation. Her work has been featured on National Public Radio (NPR) and on Public Broadcasting Services (PBS).

She has served as an expert witness in the area of desegregation and currently serves on the National Education Steering Committee of the Campbell Collaboration, an international methods organization dedicated to conducting systematic reviews of academic and social science research. Fashola also serves as a national advisor to the Boys and Girls Club of America.

Toks Fasholäs areas of interest include reading, early childhood education, data-driven decision-making, afterschool programs, high school dropouts, emergent and adolescent literacy, and research methods.

Descriere

''Through a comprehensive review of various afterschool programs across the United States, Olatokunbo S. Fashola sheds new light on 'what works' during nonschool hours to increase academic achievement. This unique resource provides a practical overview of the research and best practices that can be easily adapted and applied in the development of highly effective afterschool programs. It highlights specific factors for success, tips for evaluation, and real-life examples.'' ''