This second edition includes additional discussion about the nature of personalization and updated chapters on strategies and tactics, assessment and progress reporting, and personalizing the disciplines.

John M. Jenkins is vice president of the Learning Environments Consortium International and a certified quality assurance review chair for AdvancED, the newly formed accrediting association combining the Southern and North Central Accrediting Associations.

Foreword	p. ix
Introducing Personalized Instruction	p. xi
The School Learning Environment	p. 1
New School Culture	p. 2
Types of Learning Environments	p. 5
Traditional Environments	p. 6
Transitional Environments	p. 7
Interactive Environments	p. 10
Systems Thinking	p. 13
Personalization	p. 17
Earlier Initiatives	p. 22
John Dewey's Laboratory School	p. 23
NASSP Model Schools Project	p. 24
Contemporary Initiatives	p. 27
Learning Environments Consortium International	p. 28
Coalition of Essential Schools	p. 31
Summing Up	p. 34
Basic Elements of Personalized Instruction: Culture	p. 36
Some Antecedents of Personalized Instruction	p. 36
Basic Elements of Personalized Instruction	p. 40
Dual Teacher Role	p. 42
Teacher-Coach	p. 42
Teacher-Adviser	p. 44
Diagnosis of Student Learning Characteristics	p. 47
Developmental Characteristics	p. 48
Student Learning Style	p. 50
Student Learning History	p. 51
Culture of Collegiality	p. 52
Constructivist Environment	p. 54
Collaborative Learning Arrangements	p. 55
Basic Elements of Personalized Instruction: Context	p. 57
Interactive Learning Environments	p. 59
School or Group Size	p. 59
Thoughtful Environments	p. 61
Active Learning Experiences	p. 65
Authentic Student Achievement	p. 69
Flexible Scheduling and Pacing	p. 72
Past Alternatives	p. 73
Current Approaches	p. 75
Client-Driven Schedules	p. 79
Authentic Assessment	p. 83
Forms of Authentic Assessment	p. 84
The Big Picture	p. 87
Note	p. 89
Strategies and Tactics for Personalizing Instruction	p. 90
Typology of Approaches to Personalized Instruction	p. 92
Individualized Instruction	p. 94
Accelerated Learning	p. 96
Mastery Learning	p. 97
Direct Instruction	p. 99
Independent Study/Quest	p. 100
Montessori Approach	p. 101
Experiential Learning	p. 102
Style-Based Instruction	p. 104
Technology-Assisted Learning	p. 105
Cognitive-Skills Development	p. 108
Inquiry Approaches	p. 109
Contract Learning	p. 111
Peer Tutoring	p. 112
Authentic Pedagogy	p. 112
Socratic Seminars	p. 114
Differentiated Instruction	p. 115
Dewey's Project Learning	p. 116
Reciprocal Teaching	p. 118
Guided Practice	p. 120
Cooperative Learning	p. 121
Cognitive Apprenticeship	p. 123
Topic Study/Storyline	p. 125
Perspective from the Present	p. 127
Note	p. 127
Authentic Assessment and Progress Reporting	p. 128
Attributes of Authentic Assessment	p. 130
Authentic Assessment Practices	p. 134
Naturalistic Assessment	p. 134
Student Self-Evaluation and Student-Kept Records	p. 135
Primary Language Record	p. 136
Descriptive Review of a Child	p. 138
Performance Assessment	p. 140
Common Types of Performance Assessment	p. 140
Performance Dimensions	p. 142
Exhibitions	p. 144
Collaborative Assessment Conference and Tuning Protocol	p. 147
Portfolio Assessment	p. 147
Scoring Rubrics	p. 148
Francis W. Parker Charter School Standards	p. 150
Oakland Aviation High School Portfolios	p. 152
The Digital Portfolio	p. 153
Assessment Issues and Pitfalls	p. 155
Progress Reporting	p. 156
Personalizing the Disciplines	p. 163
The Humanities	p. 164
English/Language Arts	p. 164
Topic Study or Storyline at the High School Level	p. 166
History	p. 167
Students as Historians: A Project Approach	p. 167
An Inquiry Approach to the American Revolution	p. 169
Foreign Languages	p. 171
Immersion: A Form of Cognitive Apprenticeship	p. 171
Constructing Meaning in German	p. 172
The Sciences	p. 173
Problem-Based Science Learning: A Form of Authentic Pedagogy	p. 173
Mathematics	p. 177
A Constructivist Perspective	p. 177
A Problem-Based Curriculum	p. 178
The Arts	p. 180
Apprenticeship and Peer Teaching in the Performing Arts	p. 180
Art as Inquiry	p. 181
Business Education	p. 182
Experential Learning and Authenticity in Business Education	p. 182
MicroSociety Schooling: Connecting Learning to Life	p. 183
Physical Education	p. 184
A Cultural Approach Integrates Instruction	p. 184
Reflection	p. 186
Notes	p. 186
The Structure and Organization of Personalization	p. 187
The Plan	p. 188
School Budget and Management	p. 188
School Facilities	p. 189
School Staffing Considerations	p. 190
Teaming	p. 191
Flexible Scheduling	p. 192
Community Involvement	p. 193
Quality Exemplars	p. 194
Thomas Haney Secondary School, 8-12	p. 194
The Key Learning Community, K-12	p. 198
Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School, 7-12	p. 202
The Met Center, Multi-Campus High School	p. 206
Retrospective	p. 209
Postscript	p. 211
References	p. 215
About the Authors	p. 229
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