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1、CaseStudy:ElementaryTransfTransferringfromElementarytoSecondarySchoolEnglish:ACaseStudyoftheMentoringSupportRequiredbyaTeacherinTransitionandaResearchProposalBasedontheStudy.PhilipV.Allingham,Ph.D.AssistantProfessor,FacultyofEducation2020BoraLaskinLakeheadUniversity95
2、5OliverRoadThunderBay,OntarioP7B5E1philip.allingham@lakeheadu.catelephone:807-343-8897fax:807-344-6807JoeBelanger,Ph.D.AssociateProfessorDepartmentofLanguageandLiteracyEducationTheUniversityofBritishColumbia2125MainMallVancouver,BritishColumbiaV6T1Z4joe.belanger@ubc.c
3、atelephone:604-822-5479fax:604-822-3154Revisionofapaperpresentedatthe28thAnnualCanadiansocietyfortheStudyofEducationConference,Edmonton,Alberta,May24-27,2000October,2003CaseStudy:ElementaryTransfAbstractAmy,ateacherwithnineyearsofexperienceteachingelementaryschool,aba
4、chelorofartsdegreewithamajorinEnglish,aone-yearelementaryteachingdiploma,andaMasterofEducationdegreeincurriculumstudies,transferredtoapositionteachingseniorsecondaryEnglish.Thiscasestudydocumentsthesupportsherequiredbetweenmid-August(twoweeksbeforeschoolopened)andthef
5、ollowingMay.Duringtheyear,onecourse,English12,theseniorcourserequiredbyacademicstudentsforgraduation,commandedmostofherattention.SincetheProvincialMinistryofEducationsetsandevaluatesaprovince-widefinalexaminationforEnglish12whichcountsforfortypercentofastudents’gradei
6、nthecourse,thiscourseisregardedasachallengetoteach.English12requiredasmuchpreparationtimeastheclassesofEnglish10,English11,andCommunications11(inessencearemedialcourse)combined.InadditiontotheEnglish12examination,hermajorproblemwasalackofresources,activities,andstuden
7、tmaterials:shewasunabletolocateateachers’guidefortheshortstorybook;theprovinciallymandatedcurriculumguidedidnotoffersuggestionswhichshecouldtranslatedirectlyintolessons;shehadnoexperiencetohelpherselectteachableliteraturefromthewidevarietyavailable;sherequiredbothsugg
8、estionsaboutappropriatetestquestionsandconfirmationthatthegradessheawardedpaperswereaccurate.Theseniorauthorofthispaper,whos