Transforming classroom practice the best of ASCD's update newsletters (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1998)
Articles in this book were originally published in Education update (formerly called ASCD Update) and Curriculum update. - Includes index. - "ASCD stock no. 198052"--Title page verso
Bilingual education and ESL. Teaching language-minority students -- Keeping native languages alive -- Character and values education. The content of their character -- Community involvement in character education -- What's wrong with character education -- Teaching students to be moral -- Learning through service -- Conflict resolution. Helping students resolve conflict -- Constructivism. Wanted : deep understanding -- Problem-based learning -- Using real-life problems to make real-world connections -- Early childhood education. Teaching young children
Building a foundation for social, emotional, and intellectual growth -- Supporting children by supporting families -- Developmental learning : joyful noise -- Not your typical preschool classroom -- Inclusion. Making schools more inclusive -- Inclusion gains ground -- Facing the challenges if inclusion -- Integrating the curriculum. Interdisciplinary learning -- Teaching across disciplines -- Refocusing the curriculum -- Multicultural education. Meeting the challenges that arise in practice -- Choosing multicultural literature -- Teaching strategies for multicultural education
Multiple intelligences. The well-rounded classroom -- Preparing students for the workplace. School-to-work -- Making school-to-work work -- Getting a head start on a career -- Preparing students for work -- Applied academics, tech-prep programs serve the 'forgotten half' -- Do voc ed students need general or specific skills? -- Thinking skills. Teaching thinking -- Do thinking skills transfer? -- Untracking. Can separate be equal? -- Untracking in the middle -- When ability grouping helps--and when it hurts