Demands and challenges of traditional school calendar transformation
Автор: Dolson Jim, Molitoris Inna
Журнал: Грани познания @grani-vspu
Рубрика: Человек культуры: новый смыслы образования (посвящается 85-летию академика РАО Е.В. Бондаревской)
Статья в выпуске: 7 (41), 2015 года.
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Demands and Challenges of Traditional School Calendar Transformation The purpose of this paper is to share with our Russian colleagues the current discourse among practitioners and researchers about school calendar in the United State of America. This case study paper will communicate how Jackson Christian School (JCS) and local public schools, the Intermediate School District (ISD), located in Jackson, Michigan, make decisions regarding a common balanced calendar. Scholarly research on school time as adjustable resource is also presented in this study.
School, year-round calendar, balanced calendar
Короткий адрес: https://sciup.org/14822699
IDR: 14822699
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