A Good Little School pays homage to Jefferson County Open School, a public school of choice with a thirty-year history of providing an alternative education for students in K-12. Chronicled in this book are the personal experiences and anecdotes of teachers, parents, and students within the school, and how their contributions make it unique. In so doing, these reflections demonstrate to others that there is more to education than conventional subject areas such as math and reading. Also examined are the ways in which the school preserves the core elements that support the students’ best personal, social, and intellectual interests. These self-reflective accounts create a learning environment with humanity at the center, giving students the skills necessary to lead compassionate lives.
Inhoudsopgave
FOREWORD
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
1. Humanity and Jefferson County Open School
2. The Critical Nature of Mission
3. The Wholistic Nature of Schooling
4. The Power of the Personal
5. Learning as a Passion
6. Belonging and Sense of Community
7. Global Citizenship
8. Life-Long Learning
9. Looking to the Future
AFTERWORD
APPENDICES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
Over de auteur
Carole G. Basile is Assistant Professor and Division Coordinator of Initial Professional Teacher Education at the University of Colorado at Denver. She is the coauthor (with Cameron White and Stacey Robinson) ofAwareness to Citizenship: Environmental Literacy for the Elementary Child and (with Fred Collins and Jennifer Gillespie-Malone) of
Nature at Your Doorstep: Real World Investigations for Primary Students.
Taal Engels ● Formaat PDF ● Pagina’s 184 ● ISBN 9780791486030 ● Bestandsgrootte 1.1 MB ● Uitgeverij State University of New York Press ● Gepubliceerd 2012 ● Downloadbare 24 maanden ● Valuta EUR ● ID 7665097 ● Kopieerbeveiliging Adobe DRM
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