The role of school resource centres in promoting educational excellence has been largely ignored ... more The role of school resource centres in promoting educational excellence has been largely ignored in South African post apartheid education. Previous so called advantaged schools that have begun to enroll large percentages of students who are black are now beginning to suffer due to the strict adherence of national norms in terms of funding and staffing. This systematic application of staffing and funding formulae has resulted in the demise of school resource centres in exHouse of Delegate (exHOD) schools. In the past, these schools were endowed with a full complement of resource centre staff. However under post apartheid education, the school resource centre personnel have been redeployed within the school and in some instances to other schools. This redeployment and removal of resource centre staff has led to dire consequences in exHOD schools. The resource centres are closed for most of the day because teacher librarians have been redeployed into main stream teaching of examinatio...
ABSTRACT At Southegan High School, in Amherst, New Hampshire, all students, including those with ... more ABSTRACT At Southegan High School, in Amherst, New Hampshire, all students, including those with physical and emotional disabilities, are fully included in nontracked, heterogeneously grouped classes. Full inclusion is possible because of three program components: collaborative planning time; curriculum design characterized by planning backward from final outcome to lesson-design details; and essential, overarching questions to guide performance-based curriculum development. (MLH)
since the 1980s. The focus of educational law and practice concerning students with disabilities ... more since the 1980s. The focus of educational law and practice concerning students with disabilities has shifted from gaining student access to education to improving student academic results, as measured in part by their progress within the general education curriculum and their membership in general education classrooms (Hardman & Nagle, 2004; Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997 [PL 105-17]). As a result of this shift, special education teachers are being required to assume different and more comprehensive responsibilities (Lipsky & Gartner, 1997). Despite this change in the role of the special educator, few teacher education programs have been on the forefront or have even kept up with this trend. Although the ability of educators to teach all students well has become a rhetorical high ground, this goal has yet to be reflected in traditional general or special teacher education programs (Brownell, Rosenberg, Sindelar, & Smith, 2004). Thus, there is a need t...
ABSTRACT Without careful attention to learning-disabled students' strengths and weaknesse... more ABSTRACT Without careful attention to learning-disabled students' strengths and weaknesses, learning styles, language processing abilities, and reading levels, these students can fail to master content and essential knowledge about the Civil War and other subjects. Alternative approaches include providing in-class readings for group discussion and outside reading materials at different grade levels, holding small-group discussions, and using film and video creatively. (MLH)
The students in today’s public school classrooms represent great diversity and the struggle of te... more The students in today’s public school classrooms represent great diversity and the struggle of teachers to teach all their students well. This paper describes an inquiry based instructional planning model that reflects lessons from the literature on effective teaching for diverse classrooms. An example of a high school lesson exemplifies the model. The model includes a framework for planning supports for students with extraordinary learning challenges.
In the late 1980s, Tory Madison’s1 son Charlie was in third grade when she enrolled in a yearlong... more In the late 1980s, Tory Madison’s1 son Charlie was in third grade when she enrolled in a yearlong leadership institute for parents of children with significant disabilities in New Hampshire. The institute’s goal was to support parents to re-capture their dreams for their children, learn about best educational practices, and develop advocacy and community organizing skills. Tory soon decided to do everything she could to assure Charlie was a fully participating member of a general education class in his home school, learning academics alongside his classmates without disabilities. Tory asked Charlie’s educational team to capitalize on natural opportunities to teach functional skills. During high school, Charlie had summer jobs alongside a typical classmate. He marched at graduation with his class. Between the ages of 18 and 21, the school district provided staff and support for Charlie to learn independent living skills in his own home and city, and to explore a variety of jobs throu...
The role of school resource centres in promoting educational excellence has been largely ignored ... more The role of school resource centres in promoting educational excellence has been largely ignored in South African post apartheid education. Previous so called advantaged schools that have begun to enroll large percentages of students who are black are now beginning to suffer due to the strict adherence of national norms in terms of funding and staffing. This systematic application of staffing and funding formulae has resulted in the demise of school resource centres in exHouse of Delegate (exHOD) schools. In the past, these schools were endowed with a full complement of resource centre staff. However under post apartheid education, the school resource centre personnel have been redeployed within the school and in some instances to other schools. This redeployment and removal of resource centre staff has led to dire consequences in exHOD schools. The resource centres are closed for most of the day because teacher librarians have been redeployed into main stream teaching of examinatio...
ABSTRACT At Southegan High School, in Amherst, New Hampshire, all students, including those with ... more ABSTRACT At Southegan High School, in Amherst, New Hampshire, all students, including those with physical and emotional disabilities, are fully included in nontracked, heterogeneously grouped classes. Full inclusion is possible because of three program components: collaborative planning time; curriculum design characterized by planning backward from final outcome to lesson-design details; and essential, overarching questions to guide performance-based curriculum development. (MLH)
since the 1980s. The focus of educational law and practice concerning students with disabilities ... more since the 1980s. The focus of educational law and practice concerning students with disabilities has shifted from gaining student access to education to improving student academic results, as measured in part by their progress within the general education curriculum and their membership in general education classrooms (Hardman & Nagle, 2004; Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997 [PL 105-17]). As a result of this shift, special education teachers are being required to assume different and more comprehensive responsibilities (Lipsky & Gartner, 1997). Despite this change in the role of the special educator, few teacher education programs have been on the forefront or have even kept up with this trend. Although the ability of educators to teach all students well has become a rhetorical high ground, this goal has yet to be reflected in traditional general or special teacher education programs (Brownell, Rosenberg, Sindelar, & Smith, 2004). Thus, there is a need t...
ABSTRACT Without careful attention to learning-disabled students' strengths and weaknesse... more ABSTRACT Without careful attention to learning-disabled students' strengths and weaknesses, learning styles, language processing abilities, and reading levels, these students can fail to master content and essential knowledge about the Civil War and other subjects. Alternative approaches include providing in-class readings for group discussion and outside reading materials at different grade levels, holding small-group discussions, and using film and video creatively. (MLH)
The students in today’s public school classrooms represent great diversity and the struggle of te... more The students in today’s public school classrooms represent great diversity and the struggle of teachers to teach all their students well. This paper describes an inquiry based instructional planning model that reflects lessons from the literature on effective teaching for diverse classrooms. An example of a high school lesson exemplifies the model. The model includes a framework for planning supports for students with extraordinary learning challenges.
In the late 1980s, Tory Madison’s1 son Charlie was in third grade when she enrolled in a yearlong... more In the late 1980s, Tory Madison’s1 son Charlie was in third grade when she enrolled in a yearlong leadership institute for parents of children with significant disabilities in New Hampshire. The institute’s goal was to support parents to re-capture their dreams for their children, learn about best educational practices, and develop advocacy and community organizing skills. Tory soon decided to do everything she could to assure Charlie was a fully participating member of a general education class in his home school, learning academics alongside his classmates without disabilities. Tory asked Charlie’s educational team to capitalize on natural opportunities to teach functional skills. During high school, Charlie had summer jobs alongside a typical classmate. He marched at graduation with his class. Between the ages of 18 and 21, the school district provided staff and support for Charlie to learn independent living skills in his own home and city, and to explore a variety of jobs throu...
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