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Informationen zum Autor Carol Ann Tomlinson's career as an educator includes 21 years as a public school teacher. She taught in high school! preschool! and middle school! and worked with heterogeneous classes as well as special classes for students identified as gifted and students with learning difficulties. Her public school career also included 12 years as a program administrator of special services for advanced and struggling learners. She was Virginia's Teacher of the Year in 1974. She is professor of educational leadership! foundations! and policy at the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education; a researcher for the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented; a codirector of the University of Virginia's Summer Institute on Academic Diversity; and president of the National Association for Gifted Children. Special interests throughout her career have included curriculum and instruction for advanced learners and struggling learners! effective instruction in heterogeneous settings! and bridging the fields of general education and gifted education. She is author of over 100 articles! book chapters! books! and other professional development materials! including How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed-Ability Classrooms! The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All Learners! Leadership for Differentiated Schools and Classrooms! the facilitator's guide for the video staff development sets called Differentiating Instruction! and At Work in the Differentiated Classroom! as well as a professional inquiry kit on differentiation. She works throughout the United States and abroad with teachers whose goal is to develop more responsive heterogeneous classrooms. Klappentext Based on the Parallel Curriculum Model, this book provides curriculum units in social studies, science, art, and language arts for use in primary, elementary, middle, and high school settings. Zusammenfassung Based on the Parallel Curriculum Model! this book provides curriculum units in social studies! science! art! and language arts for use in primary! elementary! middle! and high school settings. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introducing the Parallel Curriculum Model in the Classroom by Carol Ann Tomlinson and Sandra Kaplan About the Book Using the Model and Units for Professional Development Acknowledgments I. Your Story, My Story, History: A Unit for Kindergarten Students by Deborah Burns Background for Unit Content Framework Making Sure the Parallels Remain Central in Teaching and Learning Unit Sequence, Description, and Teacher Reflections II. Wind - The Unequal Heating of the Earth's Surface: A Core Unit on Weather for Elementary Students by Jeanne Purcell Background for Unit Content Framework Making Sure the Core Parallel Remains Central in Teaching and Learning Unit Sequence, Description, and Teacher Reflections III. Adaptation: A Social Studies Unit on Cultures for Elementary Students by Sandra N. Kaplan Background for Unit Content Framework Making Sure the Parallels Remain Central in Teaching and Learning Unit Sequence, Description, and Teacher Reflections IV. Open Your Eyes: A Unit on Visual Art History and Artistry for Middle School Students by Meg Eason Hines Background for Unit Content Framework Making Sure the Parallel of Practice Remains Central in Teaching and Learning Unit Sequence, Description and Teacher Reflections V. Historical Sleuthing: A Parallel of Practice Unit for Middle School Students by Carol Horn and Janice Strauss Background for Unit Content Framework Making Sure the Parallel of Practice Remains Central in Teaching and Learning Unit Sequence, Description, and Teacher Reflections Unit Resources Unit References VI. The Power of Exponents: A Middle or High School Math Unit Incorporating All Four Parallels by ...
