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What Every Middle School Teacher Should Know

by: Knowles, Trudy

What Every Middle School Teacher Should Know

by: Knowles, Trudy

ISBN 13:
9780325002668
ISBN 10:
0325002665
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 08/01/2000
Publisher: HEINEMANN (TX)
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What Every Middle School Teacher Should Know > ISBN13: 9780325002668

Summary

This important new book describes everything a middle school teacher should know when teaching adolescents.

Author Biography

TRUDY KNOWLES is an associate professor of education at Westfield State College in Westfield Massachusetts, where she helps coordinate the middle-level education program. She is actively involved in the education of young adolescents through her work in local schools, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middle-Level Educators, the New England League of Middle Schools, and the National Middle School Association.A former teacher and coach at the middle and high school levels, DAVE BROWN is currently an associate professor at West Chester University in Pennsylvania. His research and writing focus on understanding the lives of young adolescents and the challenges of middle school teaching. Brown presents workshops on middle-level teaching practices.

Acknowledgments

You Want to Be a What?

(7)

Who Are Young Adolescents?

(2)

Becoming a Middle Level Teacher

(4)

Understanding the Young Adolescent

(29)

Physical Development

(7)

Intellectual Development

(4)

Social Development

(7)

Emotional Development

(6)

Concluding Reflections

(3)

Influences from the Past and the Present

(17)

A Typical Day

(2)

Emulating the Factory

(4)

The First Junior High Schools

(2)

The Promise of a New Design

(1)

Support for Genuine Middle Schools

(7)

Creating a Safe Haven for Learning

(17)

Middle Schools and Student Stress

(2)

Establishing a Caring Environment

(5)

Encouraging Risk Taking

(2)

Recognizing and Responding to Diverse Learners

(1)

Sharing Decision Making

(2)

Creating Collaborative---Not Competitive---Learning Environments

(4)

Student Designed Curriculum

(36)

What Is Curriculum?

(1)

Beliefs About Middle Level Curriculum

(3)

Basic Approaches to Curriculum Organization

(8)

Curriculum Integration Model: A Different Way of Thinking About the Curriculum

(4)

Curriculum Integration in the Middle School Classroom

(15)

Concluding Reflections

103

(4)

Facilitating Meaningful Learning

107

(18)

How Learning Occurs

108

(6)

The Teacher's Role

114

(9)

Concluding Reflections

123

(2)

Assessment that Promotes Active Learning

125

(17)

What Is Assessment?

126

(4)

Alternative Assessment

130

(3)

Authentic Assessment Leads to Meaningful Learning

133

(1)

Performance Assessment

134

(4)

Portfolio Assessment

138

(1)

Additional Assessment Strategies

139

(1)

Support for Alternative Assessment

140

(2)

Altering School Structures

142

(23)

Teaming---The Heart and Sould of the Middle School Concept

143

(8)

Developing Advisory Programs

151

(7)

Flexible Scheduling

158

(4)

Concluding Reflections

162

(3)

Being an Advocate for Young Adolescents

165

(8)

Support for Middle Level Reforms

166

(2)

Supporting Young Adolescents

168

(1)

The True Middle School

169

(4)

Index

173

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