Personalized Instruction : Changing Classroom Practice

by Keefe, James W.

• ISBN13: 9781883001865
• ISBN10: 1883001862
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Table of Contents

Foreword	iii
Introducing Personalized Instruction	ix
About the Authors	xvi
The School Learning Environment	1	(34)
New School Culture	2	(12)
Types of Learning Environments	5	(1)
Traditional Environments	6	(2)
Transitional Environments	8	(3)
Interactive Environments	11	(3)
Systems Thinking	14	(5)
Earlier Initiatives	19	(5)
John Dewey's Laboratory School	19	(2)
The NASSP Model Schools Project	21	(3)
Contemporary Initiatives	24	(7)
Learning Environments Consortiu International	25	(3)
Coalition of Essential Schools	28	(3)
Summing Up	31	(4)
Basic Elements of Personalized Instruction: Culture	35	(24)
Some Antecedents of Personalized Education	37	(3)
The Basic Elements of Personalized Instruction	40	(3)
Dual Teacher Role	43	(6)
Teacher-Coach	43	(3)
Teacher-Adviser	46	(3)
Diagnosis of Student Learning Characteristics	49	(5)
Developmental Characteristics	49	(2)
Student Learning Style	51	(2)
Student Learning History	53	(1)
Culture of Collegiality	54	(5)
Constructivist Environment	55	(2)
Collaborative Learning Arrangements	57	(2)
Basic Elements of Personalized Instruction: Context	59	(36)
Interactive Learning Environments	61	(15)
School or Group Size	61	(2)
Thoughtful Environments	63	(5)
Active Learning Experiences	68	(4)
Authentic Student Achievement	72	(4)
Flexible Scheduling and Pacing	76	(10)
Past Alternatives	77	(2)
Current Alternatives	79	(3)
Client-Driven Schedules	82	(4)
Authentic Assessment	86	(4)
Forms of Authentic Assessment	87	(3)
The Big Picture	90	(5)
Strategies and Tactics for Personalizing Instruction	95	(40)
Typology of Approaches to Personalized Instruction	97	(36)
Individualized Instruction (I-1, T-2)	99	(3)
Accelerated Learning (I-1, T-2)	102	(1)
Mastery Learning (I-1, T-2)	103	(3)
Direct Instruction (I-1, T-2)	106	(1)
Independent Study/Quest (I-1, T-3)	107	(1)
Montessori Approach (I-1, T-3)	108	(1)
Experiential Learning (I-2, T-1)	109	(2)
Style-Based Instruction (I-2, T-2)	111	(2)
Technology-Assisted Learning (I-2, T-3)	113	(2)
Cognitive Skill Development (I-3, T-2)	115	(2)
Inquiry Approaches (I-3, T-2)	117	(1)
Contract Learning (I-3, T-3)	118	(1)
Peer Tutoring (I-3, T-3)	119	(1)
Authentic Pedagogy (I-3, T-4)	120	(2)
Dewey's Project Learning (I-4, T-3)	122	(1)
Reciprocal Teaching (I-4, T-3)	123	(2)
Guided Practice (I-4, T-4)	125	(2)
Cooperative Learning (I-4, T-4)	127	(2)
Cognitive Apprenticeship (I-4, T-4)	129	(2)
Topic Study (I-4, T-4)	131	(2)
Perspective from the Present	133	(2)
Authentic Assessment and Progress Reporting	135	(44)
Attributes of Authentic Assessment	136	(4)
Authentic Assessment Practices	140	(28)
Naturalistic Assessment	141	(1)
Student Self-Evaluation and Student-Kept Records	141	(2)
Primary Language Record	143	(2)
Descriptive Review of a Child	145	(2)
Performance Assessment	147	(1)
Common Types of Performance Assessment	148	(2)
Performance Dimensions	150	(2)
Exhibitions	152	(4)
The Collaborative Assessment Conference and the Tuning Protocol	156	(1)
Portfolio Assessment	157	(1)
Scoring Rubrics	158	(2)
The Francis W. Parker Charter School Standards	160	(1)
International High School Portfolio	160	(5)
Central Park East Secondary School Graduation Portfolio	165	(1)
The Digital Portfolio	166	(2)
Assessment Issues and Pitfalls	168	(2)
Progress Reporting	170	(9)
Personalizing the Disciplines	179	(28)
The Humanities	180	(10)
English/Language Arts	180	(1)
Socratic Seminars and Reading Comprehension	180	(2)
Enhancing Cognitive Skills	182	(1)
Creating a Venue for Understanding Poetry	183	(1)
History	184	(1)
A Venue for Living History	184	(1)
Students as Historians: A Project Approach	185	(1)
An Inquiry Approach to the American Revolution	186	(3)
Foreign Languages	189	(1)
Immersion: A Form of Cognitive Apprenticeship	189	(1)
The Sciences	190	(12)
Biology	190	(1)
Authentic Pedagogy Used to Understand DNA	190	(1)
Chemistry	191	(1)
Discovering the Concept of Classification	191	(2)
Physics	193	(1)
King of the Hill	193	(2)
Mathematics	195	(1)
A Constructivist Perspective	195	(2)
A Problem-Based Approach	197	(1)
A Skills, Problem-Solving, and Conceptual Thinking Approach	198	(4)
The Arts	202	(3)
Theater Education	202	(1)
Apprenticeship, Peer Teaching, and Integrated Learning	202	(1)
Theatre and Media Internships	203	(1)
Business Education	204	(1)
A Unique School-to-Work Project	204	(1)
The Brain-Flex Project	204	(1)
Reflections	205	(2)
Personalized Schooling for the Third Millennium---Selected Scenarios	207	(20)
James P. Comer School Development Program	208	(2)
Thomas Haney Secondary Centre	210	(3)
Key School and the Key Renaissance School	213	(3)
Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School	216	(3)
Shoreham-Wading River Middle School	219	(2)
Central Park East Secondary School	221	(3)
Clement G. McDonough City Magnet School	224	(1)
Retrospective	225	(2)
References	227