Junior High
- Subject-centered
- Emphasis is on cognitive development
- Organizes teachers in subject-based departments
- Traditional instruction dominates
- Six to eight class periods per day
- Provides academic classes
- Offers study hall and/or homeroom
- Classrooms arranged randomly or by subject or grade level
Middle School
- Student-oriented
- Emphasis is on both cognitive and affective development
- Organizes teachers and students in interdisciplinary teams
- Experiential approaches to instruction
- Allows for block and flexible scheduling
- Provides exploratory, academic, and nonacademic classes
- Offers advisor/advisee, teacher/student opportunities
- Team classrooms in close proximity
Excerpted From:
Excerpt from Introduction to Middle School, by S. D. Powell, 2005 edition, p. 17.
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