Enriched Learning - A Case Study of Vancouver Mini Schools 

                                                     Presented by – Megan and Ivy

Annotated Bibliography

1. Ellis, J., & Yoon, E. S. (2019). From alternative schools to school choice in the Vancouver school district, 1960s to the neoliberal present. Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, (188).

The article provides historical information about the transformation of alternative secondary school programs in Vancouver British Columbia.  It concludes that the selective district specified alternative program is the one to thrive due to policy, institutional, and philosophical change.

2.  Davis, J. L. (07/14/2014). Gifted education: Current perspectives and issues Emerald Group Publishing Limited. doi:10.1108/S0270-4013(2014)0000026011

The chapter of the book exams the impact of family involvement for high ability and gifted learners.  Innovative practices specifically designed to improve connections with families are discussed in this chapter.

3. Yoon, E.-S. (2011). Mini schools: the new global city communities of Vancouver. Discourse (Abingdon, England), 32(2), 253–268. https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2011.562670

The article explains the development of mini schools, a small and selective public school within larger urban public secondary schools. The author aims to explore the experiences young peoples have of mini schools and how this ramification of the education market has increased the social disparity and polarization.

4. Yoon, E., Lubienski, C., & Lee, J. (2018). The geography of school choice in a city with growing inequality: The case of Vancouver Taylor & Francis. doi:10.1080/02680939.2017.1346203

The article measures the impact of school choice policy on secondary school student enrollments in Vancouver.  It examines the impact of an increasingly market-oriented educational system on social-economic composition of schools under the Canadian context.

5. Morisseau, J. J. (1975). The Mini-School Experiment. Restructuring Your School: A Handbook

The book discusses the shortcomings of the existing education system and advocates the benefits of the new alternative education program (in New York).  It also provides guidance for educators who are interested in launching their own similar programs.

6. Sharp, Laurie A, & Tiegs, Ali. (2018). Impact of WOWW’s Fine Arts Enriched Education Programming. International Journal of Instruction, 11(2), 25–40. https://doi.org/10.12973/iji.2018.1123a

The article claims that learning through fine arts in the forms such as dance, music, theater, and visual arts provides many benefits to students.  Through analysis, the authors conclude that students engage in learning activities such as critical thinking, problem solving, communications, and collaboration will enhance their academic performances and engagement in school and other social environments.  

7.  Liebrader, M. L. (1977). Alternative Education: Mini-Schools, Sub-Schools, Schools Within a School. 

This article discussed mini-school as an example of alternative education methods  to prevent the students from dropping out from public schools in the 1970s. It illustrated mini-school’s aims, curriculum, and the selection and administration of students.

8. Webb, R. (1972). Mini Schools: McMurray Junior High, Nashville, Tennessee.

This article describes the mini school program is designed to provide a smooth transition from the elementary school to the independent discipline approach of high school.

 

9. Raywid, M. A. (1996). Taking Stock: The Movement to Create Mini-Schools, Schools-within-Schools, and Separate Small Schools. Urban Diversity Series No. 108.

This article suggested many educators see school downsizing efforts as the linchpin of school restructuring. Several forms of that school downsizing efforts a retaking is explored, along with a discussion of the reasons for which small schools are being established.

 

10.   Abramowitz, S. (1976). The Effects of Mini-School Size on the Organization and Management of Instruction.

This article discussed whether the Mini-school size directly affects teachers’ interaction, attitude, role specification. This article studied 51 different mini-school sizes and found teachers were more satisfied with smaller class sizes. 

11. Beck, M. M., Lind, R. R., Geertsen, S. S., Ritz, C., Lundbye-Jensen, J., & Wienecke, J. (2016). Motor-enriched learning activities can improve mathematical performance in preadolescent children. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 10, 645.

This article discussed how academic achievements can benefit from specific types of motor activities integrated into learning activities. The aim of the study was to investigate whether fine or gross motor activity integrated into math lessons (i.e., motor-enrichment) could improve children’s mathematical performance

 

12. Bellanca, J. (2011). Enriched learning projects: A practical pathway to 21st-century skills. Solution Tree Press. 

This book author Bellanca shared his experience as a classroom teacher about project- based learning and the centre of student- leading teaching methodology is beneficial to students.  In this book, Bellance also discussed how helped project-based learning.            

                                                   

13. How you can be good at math, and other surprising facts about learning | Jo Boaler |   TEDxStanford.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3icoSeGqQtY

Jo Boaler is a professor of mathematics education at Stanford and the co-founder of YouCubed, which provides resources and ideas to inspire and excite students about mathematics. She is also the author of the first massive open online course on mathematics teaching and learning. Her book Experiencing School Mathematics won the Outstanding Book of the Year award for education in Britain.

14. Mathematics is the sense you never knew you had | Eddie Woo | TEDxSydney. https://youtu.be/PXwStduNw14 

In this illuminating talk, high school mathematics teacher and YouTube star Eddie Woo shares his passion for mathematics, declaring that "mathematics is a sense, just like sight and touch" and one we can all embrace. Using surprising examples of geometry, he encourages everyone to seek out the patterns around us, for "a whole new way to see the world".