Childhood Education articles from March 1999

Childhood Education archives from March 1999

But what's wrong with letter grades?(portfolios have replaced report cards as the evaluation tool for students)
March 22, 1999... Responding to Parents' Questions About Alternative Assessment Imagine attending a parent/teacher conference, this time as a parent without any professional training in the field of education. You have just been presented with a folder of...

Echoes of the past.(discusses how jackdaws could help teachers teach young children about history)
March 22, 1999... Jackdaws and Historical Fiction Bring History to Life What are your earliest memories of learning history? When preservice teachers in my children's literature class are asked this question, they often answer with a groan and such comments...

Estimation: it's more than a guess.(teaching estimation to grade school students)
March 22, 1999... A teacher is holding up a jar full of marbles for her 2nd-grade class to see. "Today, we are going to be doing estimating," she says. "Guess how many marbles are in the jar." One child enthusiastically calls out "25." "Okay," says the teacher....

Making the connection!(daily experiences are related to the things being learned in school)
March 22, 1999... Science & Literacy Young children are born investigators! They delight in learning new skills and developing new understandings about their world. By providing daily experiences with concrete objects, teachers and parents can help children...

What do we think we know?(this pertains to educators)
March 22, 1999... Lisa graduated from college feeling she had received a "superb education" but had chosen the most "complex job in the world" - teaching. "How will I possibly remember everything I have learned?," she wondered. "There were all the curriculum...

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.(discusses a collaborative telecommunications project launched by primary schools)
March 22, 1999... The Story of a Collaborative Telecommunications Project Unlike many other professionals, teachers spend most of their time isolated from their colleagues during working hours. Their access to telephones or other means of communication is...

Getting involved in our children's education.
March 22, 1999... The beginning of fall, the first day of school. New backpacks, shiny faces, children eyeing each other with eager anticipation. For kindergartners, the beginning of school will change their lives. It is a transition from the secure and...

The Real Ebonics Debate.(Review)
March 22, 1999... Theresa Perry & Lisa Delpit, Editors. Boston: Beacon Press, 1998. 192 pp. $12.00. On December 18, 1996, the Oakland (California) School Board passed a resolution stating that teachers who better understand the structure and history of the...

Strong Arts, Strong Schools: The Promising Potential and Shortsighted Disregard of the Arts in American Schooling.(Review)
March 22, 1999... Charles Fowler. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. 227 pp. $27.50. In Strong Arts, Strong Schools, Fowler makes a compelling, passionate case for the importance of the arts in education. For those who have not journeyed into the arts...