
ERIC Number: EJ559448
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1998
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Community Connections: The Madonna Center Project.
Junco, Carol; Cook, Gillian
Primary Voices K-6, v6 n1 p24-31 Jan 1998
Explores benefits derived from the "Gardendale Family" (a vertically aligned team of K-6 classrooms in which students remain throughout their elementary school careers). Highlights a community-based research project which served as a vehicle for fostering cross-age learning opportunities, connecting students' learning to their community, and integrating technology into instruction in a purposeful and meaningful manner. (SR)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Class Activities, Cross Age Teaching, Educational Change, Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Experimental Schools, High Risk Students, Hispanic Americans, Literacy, School Community Relationship, Student Empowerment, Student Responsibility, Teacher Collaboration
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas (San Antonio)
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