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"Why Fly That Way?"
Greeley, Kathy (Teacher, Graham And Parks School, Cambridge, Usa)
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Description for "Why Fly That Way?"
Paperback. This work is a chronicle of a year in the life of a school classroom. The author provides an alternative model of education and shows how a strong and supportive community is essential in helping students reach their highest potential. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNK; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 222.
Crucial to the current public debate about schools, curriculum, testing, academic standards, and teacher training are the voices of successful teachers, like Kathy Greeley who speak to the dangers of an overemphasis on standardized testing and a punitive, back to basics approach. In this captivating and lively chronicle of a year in the life of a public school classroom, Greeley provides an alternative model of education and shows how a strong and supportive community is essential in helping students reach their highest potential. Included in her account are:
- Specific projects that explain in detail critical practices in the classroom
- Class discussions ... Read more
- Excerpts from student journals
- An honest and full description of daily failures and frustrations as well as successes and victories
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Teachers' College Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
156
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780807739808
SKU
V9780807739808
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Ref
99-50
About Greeley, Kathy (Teacher, Graham And Parks School, Cambridge, Usa)
Kathy Greeley is a middle school teacher at the Graham and Parks School in Cambridge, MA which recently won the 2000 Disney Learning Partnership Spotlight School Award. A former Conant Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Kathy continues to immerse herself in education and community-based projects.
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