BUILDING FOR SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY - Kennedy Bibliothek

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THE ORGANISATIONAL UNITS
IN THE ANN ARBOR EDUCATIONAL CONCEPT
The Learning Unit
Within the home base there are one or more
learnings units, depending on the size and
organization of each school...
The learning unit has no more resemblance
to the traditional class than its size. It may
contain a vertical mix of students (age, level
of achievement), and certainly should
contain a horizontal mix (sex, background,
range of .interest).
Within his learning unit the individual is
serviced in three ways:
— the home base;
— special central areas;
— intermediate transitional areas...
Special Central Areas
The special central areas are the hub of
curriculum. They are technical and
specialized places with emphasis on using
special facilities and materials, and staffed
by faculty with special technical expertise.
The areas are thus designed and structured
to enable the student to develop in terms of
simple pursuits or through a full range of
multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary
experience...
Intermediate Transitional Areas
To be effective in the special central areas,
the individual has to have basic skills and
concepts. These include basic language,
communication, reading, and quantitative
skills. They depend on an understanding of
basic assumptions, principles, concepts,
and value formation.
The intermediate transitional areas are
organised to provide these. The individual
develops his skills in a variety of settings:
— working alone;
— working in dialogue (two students, a
student and a counselor);
— working with materials and objects;
— working in groups;
—' articulating to groups.
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The Home Base
Each individual belongs to a home base.
The home base is composed of a series of
learning units which vary in size and student
composition according to subject matter.
Within the learning unit the individual
student may be on his own, in dialogue, or
in a group, depending on needs.