Full Description
This book focuses on special organizational configurations for schools in diverse parts of the world. Some of these new organizational and institutional designs are called multi-service schools, others are called extended service schools and still others are called community learning centers. While these schools have different names and notable different characteristics, they belong in the same category because of a common feature in their design: they connect schools with once-separate community programs and services.Chief among the prototypes for these new organizational and institutional designs are the ones featured in the book's title. Some are called multi-service schools to indicate that they selectively provide some new programs and services. Others are called extended service schools to indicate that they serve young people beyond the regular school day, seeking influence and control over out-of-school time while enabling alternative teaching-learning strategies, and providing services other than typical "pupil support services." Still others are called community learning centers, a name that showcases the educational functions and priorities of schools and announcing priorities for adult learning and development. Community schools, still called in some places full-service community schools, serves as a prototype that increasingly positions schools as multi-purpose, multi-component, anchor institutions serving identifiable neighborhoods and entire rural communities. The book is structured to enhance understanding of these organizational prototypes and provides comparative social analysis. It also identifies knowledge needs and gaps as well as developmental territory for the future.
Contents
Preface.- 1: Introducing New Models for Schools and Services; Hal A. Lawson & Dolf van Veen.- 2: An International Perspective with Comparative, Action-oriented Analysis; Hal A. Lawson & Dolf van Veen.- 3. The Children's Aid Society's Community Schools; Jane Quinn (committed).- 4. Cincinnati Ohio's Community Learning Centers; Darlene Kamine (committed).- 5. University-assisted Community Schools; Ira Harkavy (considering).- 6. Schoolplus in Saskatchewan, Canada; Twyla Salm (committed).- 7. Multi-Service Schools in the Netherlands; Jeanette Doornebal and Dolf van Veen (considering).- 8. Extended Schools in England; Alan Dyson (committed).- 9. Broad Schools in Belgium; Lia Blaton (committed).- 10. Ganztagschule/All-Day School in Germany; Sandra Augustin-Dittmann (considering).- 11. Cross-case analysis and comparisons: The import of an international and comparative approach; Hal A. Lawson & Dolf van Veen.- 12. Looking Ahead to Create More Desirable Futures; Hal A. Lawson & Dolf van Veen.
