June 22, 2010 at 10:14 pm

Best practice: new standards for teaching and learning in America’s schools.

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An Annotation by Laurie Walsh

The chapter is a fabulously detailed and thoughtful discussion of six methods to create a student-centered classroom:

  • integrative units,
  • small-group activities,
  • representing-to-learn,
  • classroom workshop,
  • authentic experiences and
  • reflective assessment.

Each approach is thoroughly discussed, and there are suggested further readings for each.  Unlike many of the other authors, Zemelman does acknowledge that we still need whole-class instruction at times.  He offers methods for improving teacher-directed lessons: reading aloud,  mini-lessons, and demonstrations.

Zemelman, S., et.al. (1998).  Classroom structures for best practice.  Best practice: new standards for teaching and learning in America’s schools. Retrieved June 16, 2008 from ProQuest database.

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