The Linchpin Year

Autor/in	Donegan, Billie
Titel	The Linchpin Year
Quelle	In: Educational Leadership, 65 (2008) 8, S.54-57 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1784
Schlagwörter	High Schools; School Culture; Educational Change; Grade 9; Personal Narratives; Educational Quality; Teacher Attitudes; Teachers; Student Motivation; Student Attitudes; Teacher Collaboration; Educational Administration; Illinois + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; Oberschule; Schulkultur; Schulleben; Bildungsreform; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Erlebniserzählung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Lehrerverhalten; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Schulische Motivation; Schülerverhalten; Lehrerkooperation; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung
Abstract	Donegan, an educational consultant specializing in 9th grade, asserts that when it comes to truly changing the freshman year, words abound but actions are few. Although everyone involved in the "high school conversation" agrees that the first year of high school is pivotal to success, few schools take on the challenge of truly reshaping 9th grade--beyond holding glitzy orientation events or biweekly advisories. One reason is that deep reform requires a fundamental reshaping of school culture, which means stepping on a few toes and threatening harmony among teachers. Schools should start by reversing the trend of placing a school's top teachers with upperclassman while assigning struggling first-year teachers to freshmen. Donegan suggests concrete strategies, based on her work schools seeking reform, for bringing productive changes to the freshman year. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10