Author: William Marvin AlexanderPublisher: Holt McDougal
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The adjective "emergent" is applied to a recent school trend which originated in dissatisfaction with what the junior high school has become, not with its original concept of function. The emergent middle school is "a school program planned for a range of older children, preadolescents, and early adolescents that builds upon the elementary school program for earlier childhood and in turn is built upon by the high school's program for adolescence" (p, 5) encompassing grades 5-8 or 6-8. These years are a "crucial" time for establishing basic attitudes toward learning, best served with an articulated bridging curriculum which would introduce intellectual challenge and a wide range of facilities. There must be much provision for individualization, for at no other level of schooling is there such a wide range of social, physical, and intellectual development. The creation of a new school level with a different name will facilitate innovation and attract a capable staff.
