July 25th, 2009
United States: A new style of teaching
It’s a new style of teaching and reaching out to English-language learners. It uses charts and chants and turns students into “super scientists” and “experts,” putting them in control of their education, proponents say.
The teaching style is known as Guided Language Acquisition Development, or “GLAD,” and Newhall School District employed the program for the first time this summer with about 500 summer school students in 19 classrooms at Old Orchard Elementary School. The 10-year-old GLAD program is recognized by the state of California as an effective approach to teaching English-language learners, who make up a significant percent of Newhall’s students.
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