Understanding Multiage Education

1. System: Graded or Multiage Education? Inside Insights 1.1: The Pedagogy of Multiage Education 1.2: Montessori: A Different Path and Approach 2. Benefits: Why Multiage Education? Inside Insights 2.1: A Multiage Family: Diverse Community of Learners 2.2: Crisis in Creativity 3. Structure: Is It a Multiage or Combination Class? Inside Insight 3.1: Specialists in Multiage Schools: Experiences of Art Educators 4. Learning: Strategies Versus Lesson Plans? Inside Insight 4.1: Young Social Scientists 5. Learning: Goals Versus Objectives? Inside Insight 5.1: Multiage Inquiry Science Project in Finland 6. Role of the Teacher: Facilitator or Instructor? Inside Insight 6.1: Can We Build a Worm Center? 7. Curriculum: Are Mixed-age Groupings Too Diverse to Teach Effectively? Inside Insight 7.1: Middle School Multiage Projects 8. Assessment: What Is Appropriate? Inside Insight 8.1: Technology, Learning, and Community 9. Standards: Is There a Conflict? Inside Insight 9.1: Neoliberal Thinking, Teachers’ Instruction, and Children’s Learning 10. Self-Contained or Team Teaching? Which Classroom Structure Is Best for Children? Inside Insight 10.1: Bullying: Less Likely in a Multiage Setting 11. Mixed-age Grouping: Is It Really Important? Inside Insights 11.1: The Value of Mixed-age Play 11:2: Mixed-age Children Digging Holes Outside 12. Classroom Space: "Curriculum Tasks" or "Learning Environment?" Inside Insights 12.1: Designing Spaces for Children to Thrive 12.2: Let’s Go Outdoors: A Learning Opportunity 12.3: Bilingual Projects in a Primary Multiage Classroom in Japan 13. Defining Success: What Do We Really Want for Our Children? Inside Insight 13.1: Multiage Classrooms: Responsive and Inclusive Learning Communities 14. Change: Why Is It So Difficult? Inside Insight 14.1: The Long and Winding Road to Multiage Classrooms Inside Insight 14.2: The Folly of Homework: A Parent’s View 15. Change: What Are the Possibilities? Inside Insight 15.1: Beyond Measure 16. The Vision: The Future of Multiage Education