A Study On School Of One Under The Educational Informalization Penspective

Informalization is one of the significant current in the reform of primary education. School of One(Sol) in the New York city is model of educational informalization as well as a model of school reform. It redesigns the classroom to integrate multiple modalities of instruction such as live teacher-led lessons, software-based lessons, collaborative activities, virtual tutors, and individual practice into the same learning space. Being on the way of expanding, Sol has got lots of positive appraise, which makes it possible to provide experience or teach lessons for the national primary education reform.This article will expand on the following key elements.Part I:the backgroud of the generation and development of Sol,including the historical and actual elements. This part states the educational technology policy of the U.S.A department especially about integrating information technology into curriculumn, and the support of Sol from the American government for its innovation in education, as well as the theoratical and practical change in education nowadays.Part II:the School of One program has gone through several stages. At first, there was a pilot program in summer school which was evaluated by the Education Development Centre(EDC) and the New York City Department of Education(NYCDE) one after another. After that, there were afterschool and short-term in-school pilot programs which were evaluated by the NYCDE. So far,despite the rigorous financial environment of American government, Sol has been expanding.Part III:the viewpoints about Sol from the American media and individuals can be decribed like this:Sol rethinks the concept of "school" and changed the way of learning. Sol has tremendous potential as a model of school reform. Sol model is based on technology but not only a kind of CAI because it changed the.way that teachers work in. This part also reflect the Sol model in its classroom and instruction as well as learning.Part IV:as many problems and imperfections has been exposed during the national primary education reform, the analysis of the School of One can provide experience for the later reform. Educational innovation in schools should be encouraged, the deep integration of information technology and curriculum should be thought highly of, the new models of individualized instruction should be explored, the reform should go back to paying attention to learning and instruction.