The Academic Clubs: Theory to Practice

Autor/in	Bicknell, Noel
Titel	The Academic Clubs: Theory to Practice
Quelle	In: Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 16 (2010) 2, S.85-89 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1046-6819
Schlagwörter	School Activities; Learning Disabilities; Language Fluency; Thinking Skills; Social Studies; Teaching Methods; Laboratory Schools; Clubs; Humanities; Humanities Instruction; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; History; Critical Thinking; Age Differences; Discipline Based Art Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Learning handicap; Lernbehinderung; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Denkfähigkeit; Gemeinschaftskunde; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Laborschule; Club; Klub; Geisteswissenschaften; Humanwissenschaften; Geisteswissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Kritisches Denken; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Kunstbetrachtung
Abstract	The Lab School of Washington (LSW) uses a unique approach to teaching social studies and humanities content. As part of its arts-driven lower school program, each child spends 40 minutes a day in dedicated rooms that simulate a specific historical time and place. Called "academic clubs," teachers use these spaces to teach thematic, arts-based, interdisciplinary social studies, and humanities curriculum to a population of students with specific learning disabilities. The academic clubs were born out of the need to provide the Lab School of Washington's student population an environment that continues to build their storehouse of content knowledge, vocabularies, language fluency and critical thinking skills while their specific learning disorders are being addressed with individualized educational programs. Academic clubs were designed for the non-reader, the nonwriter, and the unpredictable, often motor-impaired student. The overarching goal is to build on students' strengths. The student with learning disabilities, ADHD, and those who are at risk of academic failure are often disorganized yet also creative, visual thinkers with the ability to make fluid connections between divergent concepts and ideas. The academic club provides order and structure, from the way the room is entered, to the seating arrangement, to the ritualistic opening ceremony, to the multiple activities presented within the 40 minutes of academic club time, to the formal dismissal. Through this total environmental approach, the academic club envelops a child in a number of topics and promotes the amassing of a storehouse of information by using all of the senses. This article describes the school's current academic club model that includes seven themed rooms with a chronological progression for students from 6-13 and discusses the the design of each academic club. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Learning Disabilities Association of America. 4156 Library Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15234. Tel: 412-341-1515; Fax: 412-344-0224; e-mail: info@ldaamerica.org; Web site: http://www.ldaamerica.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10