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The Productive High School
Creating Personalized Academic Communities
- Joseph Murphy - Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
- Lynn G. Beck - University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA, USA
- Marilyn Crawford
- Amy Hodges
- Charis McGaughy - Educational Policy Improvement Center
March 2001 | 296 pages | Corwin
This book seeks to provide researched-based literature focused on high-school-level educational reform-an area not addressed very well by the current literature on school reform. The authors place the notion of "the productive high school" in a historical context, address research on productive high school classrooms, and link organizational structures and routines with enhanced learning.
PART ONE: LESSONS LEARNED
Formation of the American High School
Development of the Comprehensive High School
Institutionalization of the Comprehensive High School
PART TWO: THE CLASSROOM DYNAMICS OF ENGAGED LEARNING AND TEACHING
High Expectations
Personal Support
Academic Autonomy
PART THREE: WEAVING SUPPORT FOR A PERSONALIZED, ACADEMIC HIGH SCHOOL
Anchoring Schools on a Clearly Defined Learning Imperative
Building Schools on Humanized, Intellectual Relationships for Learning
Nesting Schools in a Dynamic, Adaptive Local Culture for Change
Linking Schools with Home and Family
PART FOUR: CONCLUSION
Explanation and Integration