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Record Nr.

UNINA9910953721803321

Autore

Basile Carole G. <1958->

Titolo

A good little school / / Carole G. Basile ; foreword by John I. Goodlad

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University Press of New York, c2004

ISBN

9780791486030

0791486036

9781423739272

1423739272

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 166 pages) : iillustrations

Disciplina

373/.9788/84

Soggetti

Education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""A GOOD LITTLE SCHOOL""; ""Contents""; ""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""; ""A. Demonstrations of Middle School Success""; ""B. A Model for Trip Planning""; ""C. Dynamic Investigation of Great Stuff (D.I.G.S.) Process""

""D. Passage Process"" ""E. Requirements for Teaching a Class""; ""F. P.L.A.I.D. Day""; ""G. Procedure for Creating a Mutually Agreed Upon Schedule""; ""H. Jefferson County Open School High School Assessments""; ""I. Graduation Expectations""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

An inspiring story of the student-centered learning that can take place in a democratic, caring school.