"Habits of the Mind": "Essential" Classrooms in Action at Fairdale High School in Louisville, Kentucky.

Fiske, Edward B.; Clinchy, Evans

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Publication Date: 1992

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"Habits of the Mind": "Essential" Classrooms in Action at Fairdale High School in Louisville, Kentucky.

Fiske, Edward B.; Clinchy, Evans

Equity and Choice, v8 n3 p6-13 Spr 1992

Describes "essential" classrooms, where students concentrate on essential subjects and learn to think for themselves, at Fairdale High School in Louisville (Kentucky). The accompanying interview with T. R. Sizer outlines this new direction in education. The most credible agent for change is a comparable school already involved. (SLD)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Basic Skills, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, High Schools, Interviews, Organizational Change, School Effectiveness, School Restructuring, Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills, Urban Schools

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Kentucky (Louisville)

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