The best schools : how human development research should inform educational practice.

Title
The best schools : how human development research should inform educational practice.

Personal Author EPSB
Thomas. Armstrong

Summary
Discusses the core components, history, and problems associated with what the author calls the "Academic Achievement Discourse, " an educational practice focused on accountability, standardized testing, and adequate yearly progress, and describes the benefits of educational programs based on the developmental needs of children in early childhood, elementary, middle school, and high school.

Year Published
2006

Physical Description
ix, 182 p. : ill. ;

Contents
Academic achievement discourse -- Human development discourse -- Early childhood education programs: play -- Elementary schools: learning how the world works -- Metacognitive growth -- High schools: preparing to live independently in the real world.
 
Academic achievement discourse -- Human development discourse -- Early childhood education programs: play -- Elementary schools: learning how the world works -- Middle schools: social, emotional, and metacognitive growth -- High schools: preparing students to live independently in the real world.

Subject
Child development -- Research.
 
Learning, Psychology of.
 
Developmental psychology.
 
School improvement programs.
 
Psychology of learning.

Summary
Discusses the core components, history, and problems associated with what the author calls the "Academic Achievement Discourse, " an educational practice focused on accountability, standardized testing, and adequate yearly progress, and describes the benefits of educational programs based on the developmental needs of children in early childhood, elementary, middle school, and high school.

ISBN
9781416604570

Publisher
Alexandria, VA : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, c2006.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
Mount PleasantTGN 370.15 ARMTeacher resource30152000142813Teacher Materials