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Effective Partnering for School Change: Improving Early Childhood Education in Urban Classrooms »
Authors: Jie Qi Chen, Patricia Horsch
ISBN-13: 9780807744147, ISBN-10: 080774414X
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Date Published: October 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Jie Qi Chen
Book Synopsis
This volume explores the challenges and promise of university-school partnerships as a vehicle for improving our public schools. Reporting on the experience of Erikson Institute's Schools Project -- an II-year initiative involving nine public elementary schools in low-income Chicago neighborhoods -- the authors describe a variety of school-based interventions and provide valuable lessons for building effective university-school partnerships.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | ||
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Introduction | ||
| 1 | "The Worst School System in America": School Reform in Chicago and the Roots of the Schools Project | 3 |
| 2 | The Enabling Approach: A Framework for Responsive Partnering | 18 |
| 3 | Curriculum and Instruction: Opening the Door to Developmentally Appropriate Practice | 31 |
| 4 | Standardized Tests: Turning Students' Scores into a Tool for Improving Skills | 43 |
| 5 | The NAEYC Accreditation Process: Building a Strong Foundation for Teaching and Learning | 60 |
| 6 | The Responsive Classroom Approach: A Caring, Respectful School Environment as a Context for Development | 75 |
| 7 | Brave New World: Computers in the Classroom | 93 |
| 8 | The Teachers' Perspective: Findings from the Schools Project Evaluation | 111 |
| 9 | Responsive Partnering in Context: The Factors That Shape University-School Partnerships (with Ruanda Garth McCullough) | 123 |
| App. A | Profiles of the Schools Project Team Members | 141 |
| App. B | Profiles of the Schools Project Partner Schools | 143 |
| App. C | Selected Survey Data from the Schools Project Evaluation | 149 |
| References | 153 | |
| About the Authors | 161 | |
| Index | 165 |
Subjects
Education & Teaching
Educational Levels & Settings Early Childhood Education
Education & Teaching Educational Theory, Research & History Educational Reform
Education & Teaching Early Childhood Education Early childhood education -> Evaluation
Nonfiction Social Sciences Sociology
Nonfiction Sociology Urban Sociology
Nonfiction All Nonfiction Academic Administration
Science & Nature Social Sciences Sociology
Social Sciences Sociology Urban Sociology
Educational Levels & Settings Early Childhood EducationEducation & Teaching
Educational Theory, Research & History Educational ReformEducation & Teaching
Early Childhood Education Early childhood education -> EvaluationNonfiction
Social Sciences SociologyNonfiction
Sociology Urban SociologyNonfiction
All Nonfiction Academic AdministrationScience & Nature
Social Sciences SociologySocial Sciences
Sociology Urban Sociology
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