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- Title
The Academic-Activity Program at HawthorneߞA Specially Designed Educational Program for the Troubled Adolescent.
- Authors
Cohen, Herbert
- Abstract
The article evaluates the academic-activity program for troubled male teenagers at Hawthorne Cedar Knolls School in New York. The setting of the program is within an industrial arts shop. The academic work includes current events and social studies, mathematics, science, English, and job information. The special materials that are used in the classroom are carefully screened and tested. The following are the observations on the performance of students in the academic work: 1) the boys were able to relate to the social studies curriculum because the things they used and talked about were meaningful to them; 2) majority of the pupils were retarded in basic skills in mathematics and as a result, could not measure accurately any of the work done in the shop; 3) the students learned many worthwhile scientific principles and many attempted to go beyond the scope of the science curriculum on their own; 4) preparing work sheets in advance proved to be the key to teaching English. Each student was able to move at his own pace; and, 5) the job information subject guided the students' on where they would fit in the working world. As the program progressed, many of the students were able to relate in a more positive way to their peers and to adults. They proudly carry books to school and look forward to doing homework in the evening.
- Subjects
HAWTHORNE (N.Y.); NEW York (State); INDUSTRIAL arts education; TECHNOLOGICAL literacy; EDUCATION of children with disabilities; INSTRUCTIONAL systems; SOCIAL sciences; MATHEMATICS education; SCIENCE; ENGLISH language education; ACADEMIC achievement; SPECIAL education
- Publication
Exceptional Children, 1963, Vol 30, Issue 2, p74
- ISSN
0014-4029
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/001440296303000203