ERIC Number: EJ697363
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005
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Successful Inclusive Practices in Middle and Secondary Schools
Villa, Richard A.; Thousand, Jacqueline S.; Nevin, Ann; Liston, Andrea
American Secondary Education, v33 n3 p33-50 Sum 2005
This article describes what is known about ways in which middle and secondary school educators have improved curricula, instruction, and assessment practices and reorganized to achieve increased collaboration and responsiveness for all students' needs. It describes seven prominently used instructional strategies and four reorganization strategies that allow secondary school communities to become successful at educating a diverse student population. A field-based example of a high school illustrates six "best practices" that emerged from interviews with inclusive educators: administrative support, ongoing professional development, collaboration, communication, instructional responsiveness, and expanded authentic assessment approaches.
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Cooperation, Performance Based Assessment, Educational Change, Inclusive Schools, Secondary Schools, Middle Schools, Interviews, Professional Development, Administrator Role
Ashland University Weltmer Center, College of Education, Ashland University, 401 College Avenue, Ashland, OH 44805-3702. Tel: 419-289-5273.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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