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ED371864 PS022465
Title: Full Circle: A New Look at Multiage Education.
Author(s): Chase, Penelle; Doan, Jane
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 1994
ISBN: 0-435-08814-9
Available from: Document Not Available from EDRS.
Availability: Heinemann, 361 Hanover Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801-3912 ($16.95).
Language: English
Document Type: Book (010); Collected works--General (020)
Geographic Source: U.S.; New Hampshire
Journal Announcement: RIENOV1994
Noting that
there is a great demand for information to help educators learn
about and develop programs in multiage education, this book shares
many ideas on multiage instruction. The 12 chapters of the book
are: (1) "Circling Back" (Jane Doan), on the resurgence
of interest in the multiage movement; (2) "One Day" (Penelle
Chase), exploring a day in the multiage classroom; (3) "Our
Views" (Jane Doan), a discussion on teachers' personal beliefs
and thoughts on multiage education; (4) "Valuing" (Penelle
Chase), on what students value and what teachers value about the
students; (5) "The Little Room" (Jane Doan), on dramatic
play in the multiage setting; (6) "The Pumpkin Project"
(Penelle Chase), about an integrated learning project; (7) "Widening
Circles" (Penelle Chase and others), writings that address
many of the questions asked about multiage education; (8) "Multiage:
A Parent's View," (Katy Alioto), a parent's perspective on
the multiage environment; (9) "Safe and Successful: Emotionally
Disturbed Children in the Multiage Setting" (Kathy McDonough
and Katie Johnson), describing how this structure benefits a group
of special needs students; (10) "From Multiage to Multiple
Ways of Knowing: Discovering the Strengths of Our Children"
(Jean Anne Clyde), reporting on research with a primary multiage
class; (11) "Creating and Sustaining a Multiage Vision"
(Gary MacDonald), relating how a small rural school restructured
from traditional to multiage classes; and (12) "Multiage Grouping:
Implications for Education" (Diane E. McClellan), a literature
review on multiage grouping. Most of the chapters include references.
(TJQ)
Descriptors: *Educational Innovation; Elementary Education; *Grouping
(Instructional Purposes); Literature Reviews; *Mixed Age Grouping;
*Nontraditional Education; Parent Attitudes; Personal Narratives;
Program Descriptions; Teacher Attitudes; *Teaching Methods
