Researchers have found that middle school students undergo developmental changes that require unique educational structures and support. As a result, experts have suggested a number of specific strategies for organizing middle schools in order to best meet students' needs. This Information Capsule summarizes middle school redesign initiatives that…

This article will discuss the development of an innovative instructional design for teaching graduate courses in counselor education programs. The teaching strategies that will be highlighted evolved during a collaborative team-teaching project conducted by two counselor educators. These two faculty members worked together to redesign a course in…

Describes the team teaching efforts of four Xaverian Brothers who have undertaken to coordinate the religious educational needs of a group of catholic parishes in Queens, New York. (AN)

AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOLS ARE CHANGING THEIR TEACHING METHODS AND THEIR BUILDING DESIGNS. TEACHERS WILL WORK IN TEAMS, AND STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE MORE INDIVIDUALIZED FORMS OF INSTRUCTION. STUDENTS WILL ASSUME MUCH OF THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR LEARNING THROUGH THE USE OF WELL-STOCKED LIBRARIES AND INDEPENDENT STUDY SPACES. HIGH SCHOOLS WILL OPERATE…

THE SCHOOLS CONSIDERED WERE 10 REPRESENTATIVE EXAMPLES OF RECENT AND PLANNED ELEMENTARY AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS DESIGNED TO HOUSE TEAM TEACHING PROGRAMS. DISCUSSED WERE THE CONCEPTS OF TEAM TEACHING, THE DEMANDS IT PLACES ON SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AND ORGANIZATION, AND METHODS BY WHICH THESE CONCEPTS AND DEMANDS WERE SATISFIED IN THE 10 SCHOOLS.…

AN EXPLANATION OF THE MORE EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS PROGRAM OF 1964-1965, THE PERSONNEL AND TECHNIQUES USED, AND THE PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IS PRESENTED. THE PROJECT PROVIDES COMPENSATORY EDUCATION FOR DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN BY OFFERING GUIDANCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES, SUBJECT AND READING SPECIALISTS, SMALL CLASSES, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, CULTURAL…

Recognizing the potential of combining interdisciplinary methods with block program scheduling to serve underachieving high schoolers, the East Manhattan Outreach Center's staff initiated such a program in 1993. Students were block-programmed, using four classes of 28 pupils each enrolled in six courses. The program stressed small-group activities…

AN EXPERIMENT CONDUCTED AT THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL IN NEW YORK CITY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A NEW KIND OF LEARNING ENVIRONMENT ON THE EDUCATION OF DISADVANTAGED YOUTH WAS UNDERTAKEN AS A FOLLOWUP TO THE "BRIDGE" PROJECT. THE FUNDAMENTALS INVOLVED USING A NEW TYPE OF TEAM-TEACHING INSTRUCTION IN THE AREAS OF ENGLISH,…

This paper describes a professional development partnership between Columbia University Teacher College and two New York City schools which adopted a cooperative teaching approach to combat teacher isolation and to enhance the joint preparation of special and regular education students in preservice programs. (Author/DB)

EXISTING SCHOOL LIBRARY PROBLEMS ARE EXPLORED TO AID IN PLANNING FOR THE KINDS OF LIBRARY FACILITIES THAT COMPRISE CURRENT AND FUTURE NEEDS. BASIC TO ALL PROBLEMS ARE THE ATTITUDES OF THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR AND LIBRARIAN. THESE TWO MUST LEARN TO UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF THE LIBRARY MUTUALLY. ONE AREA OF NECESSARY AGREEMENT IS LIBRARY CONTENT. THE…

ASPECTS OF URBAN EDUCATION WERE SOCIAL FACTORS, PERSONALITY, LEARNING, AND PUBLIC SCHOOL PROGRAMS. STUDIES SHOW THAT MIDDLE CLASS EDUCATIONAL TECHNIQUES ARE INADEQUATE IN REACHING THE LOWER CLASS CHILD. LOWER CLASS FAMILIES FOSTER FEELINGS OF CONFUSION AND ANXIETY IN THEIR CHILDREN BECAUSE OF STRONG MATERNAL DOMINATION IN THE HOME AND LITTLE…

THE HISTORY OF AND THE INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES USED IN THIS PROGRAM FOR IMPROVING THE EDUCATION OF LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS CHILDREN ARE DESCRIBED AND ANECDOTALLY ILLUSTRATED. FIFTEEN SCHOOLS NOW PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM, WHICH ORIGINATED IN 1942 AS A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT IN TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. SPECIFICALLY DESCRIBED ARE (1) THE ROLE OF…

THE OBJECTIVES, CONTENT, METHODS, AND SCOPE OF HEBREW INSTRUCTION FOR EACH LEVEL OF A 4-LEVEL SEQUENCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS ARE DELINEATED IN THIS CURRICULUM GUIDE, WHICH IS A REVISION OF EARLIER BULLETINS USED EXPERIMENTALLY IN NEW YORK CITY SINCE 1962. AN AUDIOLINGUAL APPROACH IS ADVOCATED, AND SPECIFIC TECHNIQUES ARE SUGGESTED FOR TEACHING…

Nonprofessional personnel can play an important role in the classroom as teacher aides, especially in a bilingual situation where a particular language background can prove invaluable in developing language skills among the students. The presence of a teacher assistant increases the opportunities for individual instruction. Potential teacher aides…