A Class of Their Own: When Children Teach Children

Author:   Dennie Briggs
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:  

9780897895507


Pages:   144
Publication Date:   23 April 1998
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained


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Seven million more children will enter our classrooms in the next decade while the number of adolescents will increase by 20%. We will require three million new teachers to instruct this expanding student population. Briggs proposes a program for training children to tutor younger students, thereby freeing up teachers to devote time to students who need more individualized attention and to teach analytic and human relations skills and imaginative uses of technology. Children are capable and need opportunities to participate in teaching as well as learning. Peer teachers improve their grasp of the subject and younger children learn from those who truly speak their language. The result is a mutually beneficial system for both teachers and children.

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Author:   Dennie Briggs
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.404kg
ISBN:  

9780897895507


ISBN 10:   0897895509
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   23 April 1998
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

Table of Contents

Foreword: So Simple Only a Child Can Do It by Arthur Gillette Introduction A Very Natural thing One Size Doesn't Fit All Getting Started: Nuts and Bolts Teaching and Reviewing Keeping Track: Effects and Evaluation Beyond the Procrustean Classroom: A Class of Their Own Suggested Readings Index

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Author Information

DENNIE BRIGGS has taught at San Francisco State University, Govenors State University in Illinois, the North London Polytechnic, and University of California Extension. He is the author of more than 100 articles in professional journals and the media.

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