A Study of the Impact of Calendar Change on Elementary School Teachers
Author: Debra Lynn Johnson
Publisher:
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 96
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Balancing the School Calendar
Author: Carolyn Kneese
Publisher: R&L Education
Published: 2009-01-16
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 1578869773
DOWNLOAD EBOOKToday, educators are looking for ways to utilize classroom time more effectively. Many thoughtful and forward-looking educators have reorganized the school calendar from the traditional nine-month model to one which is more balanced, and they have experienced the effects of calendar modification in the classroom, school, district, and community. Balancing the School Calendar is a compilation of perspectives and research reports from those who have experienced the urgent necessity of reorganizing time to effectuate better learning situations for students. Chapter authors have implemented, studied, or contemplated school calendar change and the results of the change.
Year-round Education
Author: Shelly Gismondi Haser
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 148
ISBN-13: 1578862353
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines three Title I, year-round, or modified calendar schools that switched from a traditional to a modified schedule in order to meet the academic needs of the students.
School Calendar Reform
Author: Charles E. Ballinger
Publisher: R & L Education
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9781578862788
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe element of time is crucial in the discussion of school reform. Modifying the school calendar is a primary reform effort that enhances the academic agenda of the schools and responds to current issues in American education. School Calendar Reform: Learning in All Seasons reviews all aspects of restructuring the school-year calendar: presents concepts and research pertaining to school-calendar reform; and examines the theory of year-round education so the general public, educators, and policymakers might better understand the issues involved. It also includes definitions of the various types of year-round education, the historical background and recent developments of calendar restructuring, responses to common questions posed by those involved in calendar reform, an explanation of program evaluation, and indicators of school quality. This book will be of interest to administrators, educators, school officials, parents, and the general public. Book jacket.
Year-round Education
Author: Donald Burton
Publisher:
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 70
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Author: Paige Fawcett Hays
Publisher:
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 116
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Author: United States. National Education Commission on Time and Learning
Publisher: Commission
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 58
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKTelling Tales Over Time
Author: Joel Weiss
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-06-13
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 946209263X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow do calendars and clocks influence considerations of school effectiveness? From the creation of compulsory education to the future of virtual schooling, Weiss and Brown trace two centuries of school practices, policies and research linking the concept of time with ‘opportunity to learn’. School calendars and clocks are shaped by both the physical and social worlds, and the ‘clock of schooling’ is shown to be one of the ‘great clocks of society’ that helps to frame school effectiveness. School time does not operate in a vacuum, but within curriculum, teaching and learning situations. The phrase ‘chrono-curriculum’ was devised by the authors as a metaphor for exploring issues of school effectiveness within the time dimension. Using American and Canadian sources, stories are created to illustrate four themes about time and school effectiveness. The first three stories utilize access, attendance and testing as criteria associated with these eras of schooling. How will the story read in the fourth era, the digital age, which forces us to a reconsideration of time and its influence on education? Quoting David Berliner in his Foreword: “ this is an opportune time for these authors to bring us insights into the reasons we in North America created our public school systems, and how the chrono-curriculum influences those systems. The authors’ presentation of our educational past provides educators a chance to think anew about how we might do schooling in our own times.”
A Phenomenological Study of Elementary Teachers' Lived Experiences in the Traditional and Year-round School Year Calendars
Author: Michael Anthony Teasley
Publisher:
Published: 2021
Total Pages: 169
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe purpose of this hermeneutic phenomenological study was to interpret the lived experiences of elementary teachers within a traditional school year calendar and year-round school year calendar while developing a description of the essence of the instructional environment in both programs. The lived experiences of teachers within the traditional and year-round school year calendars were generally defined as educators with prior experience teaching in a traditional school year calendar and a year-round school year calendar at Thompson Elementary School or Browning Elementary School. The theory guiding this study was Dewey’s theory of experience, which suggests that individuals learn more effectively through interaction (creating meaning from experience through interaction with its physical and social settings) and continuity (the effect of prior experiences shaping future experiences). The primary source of experiential data collection was individual interviews using a purposeful criterion sample of 14 participants, in addition to a focus group interview, and participant journaling. van Manen’s method of thematic analysis was used to organize data into three themes, (a) traditionally stressed to a year-round welcomed change, (b) traditionally positive to year-round support, and (c) an opportunity for growth that described the essence of teachers’ experiences within both calendar structures. Elementary educators participating in this study described improved experiences, school culture, and a greater impact on student learning while teaching within the year-round school year calendar in comparison to the traditional school year calendar.
Year-round Schooling
Author: Carolyn M. Shields
Publisher: R & L Education
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 280
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe authors describe the impact of year-round schooling on students, parents, and teachers as well as different models for year-round scheduling and fiscal or political considerations as such models are implemented.
