Accelerating The Learning Of All Students

Autorentext

Finnan, Christine | Swanson, Julie D.

Klappentext

This book provides a vivid description of efforts to accelerate the learning of three populations of students-those identified as gifted, those identified as low-achieving, and all students-examining the assumptions shaping school, classroom, and individual efforts to do it.

Inhalt

Foreword -- Foreword -- Introduction -- The Multiple Meanings of Acceleration -- Accelerate = Serving Gifted and Talented Students -- Accelerate = Targeting Low-Achieving Students -- Accelerate = Challenging All Students -- Cultivating Culture Change to Accelerate the Learning of All Students -- Cultivating Acceleration Within School Cultures -- Cultivating Acceleration Within Classroom Cultures -- Individuals as Cultivators: Acting on Changed Assumptions Within and Beyond the School