Exploratory Programing in Georgia's Middle Schools.

Autor/inn/en	Warren, Louis L.; Allen, Michael G.
Titel	Exploratory Programing in Georgia's Middle Schools.
Quelle	(1994), (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Art Education; Curriculum; Discovery Learning; Educational Attitudes; Enrichment Activities; Intermediate Grades; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Minicourses; Music Education; Outdoor Activities; Program Descriptions; Second Language Learning; State Surveys; Teaching Methods; Georgia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arts; Education; Art in Education; Kunst; Bildung; Erziehung; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Entdeckendes Lernen; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Bereicherungsprogramm; Mittelstufe; Sekundarstufe I; Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Kurzlehrgang; Musikerziehung; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	This study surveyed the nature and extent of exploratory programming in intermediate schools. A 22-item questionnaire was sent to all 285 of the state's middle and junior high schools. Of the 163 respondents, 160 indicated that they had some form of exploratory programming. The latter number included: (1) 155 schools with traditional exploratory courses in art, music, foreign languages, and industrial arts; (2) 3 schools with elective mini-courses that exposed students to a wide variety of topics, such as backpacking, first-aid, and knitting; (3) 1 school with exploratory activities integrated into the curriculum; and (4) 3 schools with other types of exploratory programming. The reasons given for establishing exploratory programming included state mandates, middle level education literature, and principal decisions. The majority of schools served allocated between 41 and 60 minutes of exploratory learning per day. It was also found that the majority of exploratory classes were taught by teachers hired specifically for exploratory instruction and lasted from 3 to 9 weeks. Most exploratory teachers were not able to select which classes they taught, nor were the majority of students able to select which exploratory classes they took. (MDM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC