It becomes a more hands-on active environment where students interact with each other as well as the teacher. Problem solving and proving they have gained the new knowledge comes into play.
Critics of block scheduling state that lack of data about the results, faculty resistance to longer classes, and the challenge of keeping the students engaged for longer periods of time, staffing issues, and a general slowness in changing educational trends (Hackmann, 2003). The reluctance of certain teachers to change from the traditional lecture style for an entire class period to lecture mixed teacher and student interaction is a major concern for the block scheduling style. The educational method may have change, but the teacher is stuck in a traditional mode. This is a cause for concern among school administrators. Also the administrators must provide more time for staff development, is this is not provided then the instructional time may not fit the class time.
The up side to block scheduling is it increases the amount of time students spend in quality learning situations. It encourages the use of a variety of instruction models and more in-depth exploration of a topic. It also helps to lower discipline problems, while accommodating different learning needs. Lastly, block scheduling improves the school environment and decreases stress on teachers and students. .
The key to a teacher's success in a block schedule setting is following five steps in managing a classroom according to Prentice Hall's "How to manage instruction in the block (Fleming, 1998, P. 6-11):.
• Step 1 - Preparing Yourself.
o Develop lesson plans that help identify the materials needed to adapt to the flow of block scheduling.
o Develop pacing guide to help keep on track for curriculum goals and expectations.
o Develop "Activity Calendar" that keeps both teacher and students on track. (Distribute every two weeks).
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Block scheduling is the restructuring of the school day into classes that are much longer than the original 50-minute periods. ... This could cause difficulties to a student transferring into a school with block scheduling. Block scheduling causes these students to be confronted with major scheduling difficulties. ... The traditional six to seven day periods are better that the accelerated 4x4 block plan. ... Block scheduling would only cause problems in our school...
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These four students attend Woodland Regional High School (WRHS) where they have block scheduling. In block scheduling students have four 80 minute classes on a regular school day, plus lunch and advisory. ... Most students in WRHS are aginst block scheduling, but after researching and really thinking about it I have come to realize that having a class every other day for 80 minutes makes a big difference in learning. ... In rotated block scheduling, at WRHS, students are given an advisory period. ...
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Writing Block "Children's writing samples serve as a rich portrait of how well young minds are applying important language skills and strategies." Description: The Writing block is carried out in "writers workshop" fashion. ... This block ends with "author's chair" in which several students each day share work in progress or their published book. The writing block consists of the following segments/components- I. ... • Learn to read through writing. The children learn through the writing block to understand grammar and mechanics in words that will hel...
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