Creating a Family-Like Ninth-Grade Environment Through Interdisciplinary Teaming
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2011
Keywords
high school, case studies, adolescence, school reform, urban education, interdisciplinary teaming
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1177/0042085911427736
Abstract
This qualitative multisite case study examined how three high schools within one large urban district supported ninth-grade students’ needs through interdisciplinary teaming. Data collected during the 2006-2007 school year included observations, interviews, and archival evidence of 67 participants. Findings suggest teacher communication as a result of teaming may provide the teacher support and individualized student attention necessary to foster a family-like ninth-grade environment that meets student and teacher needs. School personnel reported more benefits of teaming for teachers and students than students did. Issues with implementation limited how well teaming was able to meet student needs.
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Urban Education, v. 47, issue 1, p. 32-64
Scholar Commons Citation
Ellerbrock, Cheryl, "Creating a Family-Like Ninth-Grade Environment Through Interdisciplinary Teaming" (2011). Teaching and Learning Faculty Publications. 180.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/tal_facpub/180
