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Download full textKim, Pyeong-gook – 2002
Individually Guided Education (IGE) is an alternative to the traditional age-graded form of elementary schooling. In a typical IGE school, the principal shares her/his authority with leaders of units in decision-making domains and reaches decision by consensus. The leader of a unit in turn shares his/her authority with unit teachers in making…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Elementary Education, Individualized Instruction, Nontraditional Education
Peer reviewedVulliamy, Graham; Webb, Rosemary – Educational Review, 1995
Despite some fears that small schools would have difficulty implementing the British National Curriculum, findings from 50 schools (9 with fewer than 100 students) show that small schools may provide greater opportunities for innovative curriculum and class organization and strong curricular leadership from headmasters who teach. (SK)
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Class Organization, Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation
Levinson, Eliot; And Others – Executive Educator, 1993
Attributes one elementary school's rising test scores to the principal's introduction of a computer-based curriculum and integrated learning system; a neighboring elementary school's laboratory approach proved unsuccessful. For technology-based change to work, the principal must understand the technology, know the school's instructional and…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Change Strategies, Class Organization, Computer Assisted Instruction
Cohen, Elizabeth G.; Intili, Jo Ann – 1982
Applying industrial organizational theory to classroom management, the authors examined the organization of a complex bilingual curriculum for the effects of shared authority among students and teachers and the effects of shared decision-making among staff. Using a math-science curriculum called "Finding Out: Descubrimiento," the nine…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Class Organization, Classroom Techniques, Decision Making
Forsten, Char; Grant, Jim; Johnson, Bob; Richardson, Irv – 1997
"Looping" is a practice that allows single-grade teachers to remain with the same class for 2 or more years. Organized in a question-and-answer format, this book answers 72 questions about looping commonly asked by teachers and parents, including questions about its benefits, disadvantages, and implementation. Chapters include: (1) "What Is…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Elementary Education, Grade Repetition, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Niedzielski, Henry – 1987
A class council can collectively decide what components will make up the instructional system in an elementary school class. A class council is a friendly assembly made up of the students and the teacher; it meets to discuss and make decisions about all aspects of the instructional system, including objectives, grading, and materials. Each student…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Lyman, Lawrence; And Others – 1993
This book provides practicing educators with strategies for the successful implementation of cooperative learning in the classroom. Chapter 1 discusses the components of cooperative learning and how this practice meets the needs of students. Chapter 2 explains the process of restructuring the classroom into a cooperative environment. An 11-step…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning
