A Kindergarten through Second Grade Multi-Age Classroom.

Autor/inn/en	Ventura, Ellen; und weitere
Institution	North Dakota Univ., Grand Forks. Center for Teaching and Learning.
Titel	A Kindergarten through Second Grade Multi-Age Classroom.
Quelle	25 (1993) 5, (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Developmental Programs; Developmentally Appropriate Practices; Elementary School Students; Flexible Scheduling; Grade Repetition; Grade 1; Grade 2; Individual Differences; Kindergarten; Kindergarten Children; Mainstreaming; Mixed Age Grouping; Primary Education; Program Descriptions; Student Placement; Team Teaching + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Entwicklungsplan; Entwicklungsbezogene Bildung; Flexible working hours; Flexible Arbeitszeit; Repeat a school year; Repeating; Sitzen bleiben; Sitzenbleiben; School year 01; 1. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 01; School year 02; 2. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 02; Individueller Unterschied; Jahrgangsübergreifende Gruppe; Primarbereich; Schülerpraktikum; Teamteaching
Abstract	Recognizing that primary education needed to be changed in order to make it research-based and developmentally appropriate, a group of teachers in Wyoming developed a multi-age, team-taught class, called the Primary Education Program. The first year's class included 3 teachers and 60 students in kindergarten through first grade, and the second year included 4 teachers and 80 students in kindergarten through second grade. The mission of the program was to transform the traditional classroom into a setting that met the needs of young children, rather than one that required the students to meet the needs of the school. Four goals established to meet that mission were to: (1) provide for each child's unique and sporadic growth; (2) eliminate alternate placements; (3) achieve full inclusion of special education students; and (4) eliminate retention in a grade. Included in the class are students aged 5 through 9, or students in kindergarten through second grade. The teaching team consists of four primary teachers, one of whom is a special education teacher. The teachers work with the music, art, library, and physical education teachers to integrate the curriculum used in the classroom into the specialists' classrooms. The multi-age program, which is a full-day program for all students, allows greater flexibility and opportunities in instruction. (HOD)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC