Title:
The best schools : how human development research should inform educational practice.
Personal Author EPSB:
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.
ISBN:
9781416604570
Publisher:
Alexandria, VA : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, c2006.
