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The Block Scheduling Handbook

Autor J. Allen Queen
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 10 feb 2009
Covering every aspect of designing a successful block scheduling program for elementary, middle, and high schools, this ready-to-use handbook offers specific strategies and tools proven effective in increasing immersion into subject matter, improving student-teacher rapport, and decreasing disciplinary problems. The author provides an in-depth case study of an ideal elementary curriculum, plus all the models, forms, and templates needed to get a program up and running. The second edition of The Block Scheduling Handbook features extra coverage of student transitions, Freshman Academies, and Small Learning Communities for greater instructional development.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781412963015
ISBN-10: 141296301X
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 216 x 279 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.78 kg
Ediția:Second Edition
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția Corwin
Locul publicării:Thousand Oaks, United States

Recenzii

"The research-based principles espoused in this handbook helped transform our upper school into a true college preparatory institution. This complete how-to book provides valuable, concrete ideas for subject area teachers while supporting administrative efforts to maximize opportunities using block scheduling. I highly recommend this book if your school is initiating, adapting, or question the block scheduling approach. This book will reinvigorate your efforts to truly impact student learning."
"Should be required reading for every high school administrator and educators in general. By highlighting research-based best practices, the author has put forth cutting-edge strategies that will not only improve student achievement, but also provide teachers with 21st-century skills to differentiate instruction."

"A wonderful guide for school leaders as they create a contemporary schedule for middle and high school students to take advantage of a variety of curricular offerings. This second edition is comprehensive, with numerous subject-centered examples and detailed specifics for those desiring to move to more advanced designs. It is no wonder why Queen is often referred to as the father of the new block schedule."
"An excellent step-by-step guide to all the stages of improving instruction on the block schedule at any level. As a guest faculty member at our university in China, Dr. Queen used the text to train numerous doctoral students, school principals, and classroom teachers in this scheduling practice. The new edition is even more advanced, with excellent designs and detailed activities in a variety of subject areas."
"This is the complete, step-by-step guide for administrators and teachers interested in all stages of going to or improving instruction on the block. Building on its predecessor as well as the author’s international and national reputation and experience, this edition includes numerous subject-centered examples and detailed specifics for those interested in moving to more advanced designs. If you have one book on block scheduling in your library, it should be this one."

Cuprins

Dedication and Acknowledgments
About the Author
1. The Current Status of Block Scheduling
2. Block Scheduling and the High School
3. Developmental Aspects of Growth and Behavior
Physical Development From Early Childhood
Through Adolescence
Cognitive Growth
Characteristics of Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development
Schemata and the Process of Assimilation, Accomodation, and Equilibration
The Sensori-Motor Period
The Period of Preoperational Thought
The Period of Concrete Operations
The Period of Formal Operations
Cognitive Theory and Block Instruction
Personality Development
Erikson's Stages of Personality Development
Implications of Erikson's Theory for Block Instruction
4. Building the Block Culture in the School
5. Selecting the Best Fit
The 4´4 Block Schedule Model
The A/B Block Schedule Model
The Modified Block
New Lesson Designs for the Block
6. Block Scheduling in the Middle School
The Middle School Defined
Characteristics of the Middle School
Team Teaching Interdisciplinary Teaming
Block Classes or Periods
Advisory Programs
Benefits of the Block Schedule in the Middle School
Shortfalls of the Traditional Schedule
The Flexible/Alternate/Navigate (FAN) Models
Advantages of Modified Schedules in the Middle School
Teaching in the Block in the Middle School
Summary
7. The Elementary School on the Block
Historical Events Impacting the Elementary School
National Initiatives
America 2000
Part 1: For Today's Students, Better, More Accountable Schools
Part 2: For Tomorrow's Students, a New Generation of American Schools
Part 3: For the Rest of Us (Yesterday's Students and Today's Workforce), a Nation of Students
Part 4: Communities Where Learning Can Happen
Goals 2000: Educate America Act
A State Example: The Elementary Curriculum in North Carolina
Technology
English Language Arts
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies
Fine Arts: Dance
Fine Arts: Music
Fine Arts: Theater
Fine Arts: Visual Arts
Organizational Patterns
Disadvantages of Graded Arrangement
Alternative Possibilities for Scheduling
4-Blocks Model for Elementary Education
Parallel Block Scheduling
Summary
8. Aligning Standards and Course Content
Models for Use of Instructional Time
Limiting Content
Notes to Remember
Assigning Outside Content
Integrating Content: C-Clustering
Curriculum Alignment and Instructional Pacing
Curriculum Alignment Phase 1
Curriculum Alignment Phase 2
Instructional Pacing Phase 1
Instructional Pacing Phase 2
9. Sample of Curriculum Alignment and Pacing
10. Effective Instructional Strategies for Block Scheduling
Cooperative Learning
The Case Method
Socratic Seminar
Synectics
Concept Attainment
Inquiry Method
Simulations
Recommendations for Improving Block Scheduling for the Future
11. Teacher-Directed Instruction
Direct Instruction as a Teaching Model
Direct Instruction as a Continuum of Teaching Behaviors
Summary
Our Mr. Jefferson: A Sample Teacher-Directed Lesson
12. Discovery and Inquiry
Discovery Learning
History and Research
Promises and Pitfalls
Summary
The Inquiry Training Model
History and Research
Promises and Pitfalls
Summary
Building the Tower: A Sample Discovery Method Activity
13. Simulations and Role Play
Simulations
Forms for the Simulation Model
Rationale for Appropriate Use
Lesson Design
History and Research
Promises and Pitfalls
Summary
Gifted and Talented Simulation: A Sample Lesson Using Simulation
14. Cooperative Learning
History and Research
Promises and Pitfalls
The Case Method
Summary
Building the Perfect School: A Cooperative Staff Development Activity
15. Synectics
History and Research
Gordon's Stages of Creativity
Promises and Pitfalls
Summary
To Kill a Mockingbird: A Syectics Sample Lesson
16. Socratic Seminar
Group Discussion and Student Participation
What Happened: A Socratic Seminar
17. Instructional Assessment
Methods of Instructional Evaluation
Presassessment
Formative Assessment
Summative Assessment
Assessment of Student Acheivement
Portfolio
Unit Evaluation
Lesson Evaluation
A Positive Classroom Climate Through Instruction
18. Program Evaluation and Student Assessment
Reasons for Evaluation
Defining Program Evaluation
Instructional Evaluation
Summary
Evaluation Resource 1: Block Schedule Teacher Survey
Evaluation Resource 2: Teacher Survey: High School Instruction
19. A Guide to Traditional and Authentic Assessment
Writing and Evaluating Test Items
Parts of a Test Item
Categorizing Items on Cognitive Levels
Evaluating Test Items
Using Authentic Assessment for Student Evaluation
The Trouble With Tests Is...
What Is Authentic Assessment?
Brain Growth, Brain Enrichment, and Attention
Effective Implementation of Authentic Assessment
Multiple Intelligences and Authentic Assessment
Types of Authentic Assessment
References, Recommended Readings
Internet Resources
Index

Notă biografică

J. Allen Queen is professor and former chair of the Department of Educational Leadership at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. A former classroom teacher, principal, college administrator, and university professor, he works with teachers and principals in the areas of managing priorities, time management, and stress reduction. Queen has written over 30 books and 70 articles, including The Frazzled Teacher¿s Wellness Plan (Corwin Press 2004), The Block Scheduling Handbook (Corwin Press 2002), and books on karate and fitness for young readers. He has appeared on radio and television programs, including ABC¿s World News Now, and has been a consultant to over 160 schools and districts in 36 states and 3 foreign countries in the areas of classroom discipline, school safety, block scheduling, and time management.

Descriere

A comprehensive, step-by-step, ready-to-use handbook with all the models, forms, and templates needed to get block scheduling programs up and running