Actionville: "Where Learning Is Made A Joy"

By Donald Scott Tedesco

Author and educator Donald Scott Tedesco chronicles his path to achieving his goal of making education fun and engaging during his thirty-eight years of teaching. From the beginning of his career in 1968, Tedesco was formulating a plan for making learning fun, real, and relevant to students' lives. And in 1971, Actionville was born in the basement of Mamaroneck Avenue School. There were five components of the Actionville program. The student body comprised fifth and sixth graders from throughout the school district. Students worked on varying levels according to their abilities. Teaching staff reflected the flexible Actionville schedule and philosophy of learning. A creative environment was carefully established-along with strong parent partnership and buy-in. Within this framework, the program had three fundamental goals: providing enriched instruction that could accommodate different learning styles, learning by doing that encourages immersion in the educational process, and extending the classroom through frequent field trips and guest speakers. In Actionville , Tedesco describes many of the activities carried out in this innovative thirty-year program, offering inspiration and guidance for turning any classroom into an exciting educational experience.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1530633117
• ISBN13: 9781530633111
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.6" x 7.0"