Childhood Education articles from August 1995

Childhood Education archives from August 1995

Looking at school change.
August 6, 1995... Since Socrates first sat on a log with his students, educators have sought to improve instruction and make education meaningful. The need for change has intensified in recent times in response to pressures created by a dynamic society. Modern...

Voice of inquiry: possibilities and perspectives.
August 6, 1995... You could count their claws and teeth," Michael said when asked to think like a mathematician about dinosaurs. Twenty-three more 1st-graders nodded their approval at this suggestion. I wondered aloud, "How would you do that?" Michael took some...

Understanding political-religious resistance and pressure.
August 6, 1995... The current contentious climate surrounding school reform efforts is a product of broad social discontent, global economic upheaval, debates about multiculturalism and values, and fundamentalist religious and political entrenchment. Those working...

Creating a climate for change: the Aztec experience. (Aztec Elementary School in Scottsdale, Arizona)
August 6, 1995... It is a Tuesday night and the program evaluation study session with the local governing board is finally over. The first year's performance of a new school had been under review. The reported results were impressive. The new school, Aztec...

Technology and school change: new lamps for old?
August 6, 1995... The advent of technology need not be a simple exchange of old ways for new. Computers and other technological devices hold promise for varied changes. Technology can change the way children think, what they learn, how they interact and how we...

Year-round school: the best thing since sliced bread.
August 6, 1995... Teachers, I ask you two questions. How many of your students helped to harvest crops last year? And how many mothers of students in your classroom stayed at home? It is true that some communities still depend heavily on agriculture, but modern...

Classrooms without borders. (teaching children about multiculturalism)
August 6, 1995... By the year 2020, one out of every two students in the United States will be a person of color (Banks, 1991). In order to reflect this change, the classroom should become a forum that permits students of all ethnic and cultural groups to fully...

Empowering teachers, empowering children.
August 6, 1995... One of the foundations of the school restructuring movement is teacher empowerment. Empowerment grants an individual the ability to direct his or her own life. Traditionally, our schools have not empowered teachers or children. They have had...

The home-school connection.
August 6, 1995... "Just what is this home-school connection I keep hearing about?" This question, asked during a parent/teacher/principal conference, opened up a discussion about communication as the number one priority when working with adults . . . or children....

Students at Risk.
August 6, 1995... M. Lee Manning & Leroy G. Baruth. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1995. 372 pp. $25.50, paper. This new publication is an excellent companion volume to the authors' 1992 publication, Multicultural Education of Children and Adolescents, also published by...