laboratory school
{{short description|School designed to facilitate experimentation and development in education}}
A laboratory school or demonstration school is an elementary or secondary school operated in association with a university, college, or other teacher education institution and used for the training of future teachers, educational experimentation, educational research, and professional development.{{cite web|url=http://www.nals.net/about+nals/mission.html|title=nals.net|website=www.nals.net}}{{cite web|url=http://www.privateschoolreview.com/articles/159|title=Lab Schools - PrivateSchoolReview.com|website=PrivateSchoolReview.com}}
Many laboratory schools follow a model{{citation needed|date=November 2012}} of experiential education based on the original Laboratory School run by John Dewey at the University of Chicago.{{cite web|url=http://mi-knoll.de/122501.html|title=John Dewey's Laboratory School in Chicago|website=mi-knoll.de}} Many laboratory schools still operate in the United States and around the globe. They are known by many names: laboratory schools, demonstration schools, campus schools, model schools, university-affiliated schools, child development schools, etc., and most have a connection to a college or university. Each university-affiliated school has a unique relationship with a college or university and a different grade configuration. Some lab schools are only for preschool or kindergarten children, some are preschool through fifth or sixth grade, and some continue through high school.
Khan Lab School in Silicon Valley is one of the few laboratory schools not affiliated with a college or university. It is affiliated with Khan Academy, a non-profit educational organization.{{cite web|title=What is a lab school?|url=https://khanlabschool.org/what-lab-school|publisher=Khan Lab School}} The school's experimentation with abolishing grade levels was featured on Voice of America in 2016.{{cite web|title=Experimental Silicon Valley School Abolishes Grade Levels|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/experimental-silicon-valley-school-abolishes-grade-levels/3629455.html|publisher=Voice of America}}
Classroom observation
Laboratory school classrooms may be observed by university professors to assess the student-teacher, but this is conducted without the students or student-teachers aware of the observation. The observers want to avoid creating a distraction or disrupting classroom activities. Before the miniaturization of electronic camera viewing systems, laboratory schools often included elaborate direct-view observation systems with special observation decks above classrooms or observation rooms alongside the classrooms. One-way mirrors and speaker/intercom systems allowed a professor to silently observe the classroom, but without being seen by the students or the student-teacher.
A modern laboratory school is able to use a standard-design school as a laboratory school. The standard rooms are outfitted with CCTV cameras hidden inside black plastic domes on the ceiling. Complex lens optics and multiple cameras allow a single stationary dome to view 360 degrees, with no mechanical noises or moving parts. High-speed Internet connections allow for a professor at a college to remotely view and interact with student-teachers in a distant laboratory school.{{Cite book |last=Oelkers |first=Jürgen |title=John Dewey und die Pädagogik |date=2009 |publisher=Beltz |isbn=978-3-407-85886-3 |edition=1. Aufl |location=Weinheim Basel}}
In either case, students or student-teachers know that observation may occur, but they do not know when such observation takes place.
Examples
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= Asia =
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| Palli Unnayan Academy Laboratory School and College
|Sherpur Upazila, Bogra District, Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh | |
| Polytechnic University of the Philippines Laboratory High School
|Polytechnic University of the Philippines |A laboratory school, serving Grades 7-12 |
| Tarlac State University – Laboratory School
|Closed, 2015 |
| [http://thsp.tvu.edu.vn/ TVU Laboratory School]
|Tra Vinh Province, Vietnam |A multi-level public school located on Campus 4 of TVU that serves nursery, kindergarten and Grades 1–12. There are high school classes for the gifted in this school. |
| University of Santo Tomas Education High School
|University of Santo Tomas College of Education |A laboratory school, serving Grades 7-12 |
| University of the Philippines Integrated School
|University of the Philippines Diliman |Laboratory elementary and high school for the UP Diliman College of Education. |
| University of the Philippines Rural High School
|University of the Philiippines Los Baños |Laboratory high school of UP Los Baños. |
| University of Baguio Elementary Laboratory School
|University of Baguio College of Education |A laboratory school, serving Kindergarten to Grade 6 |
| Southern Luzon State University - Laboratory Schools
|Southern Luzon State University - Main Campus |A laboratory school, serving Grades 7–12 |
| Patumwan Demonstration School, Srinakharinwirot University
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| Prasarnmit Demonstration School, Srinakharinwirot University
|Has separate divisions for primary and secondary education, and an international program. High school students are separated into various academic major classes of their choice. |
| Ongkharak Demonstration School, Srinakharinwirot University
| |
| President Ramon Magsaysay State University, Laboratory High School
|President Ramon Magsaysay State University |Iba, Zambales, Philippines | |
= Australia =
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| Mayfield West Demonstration School
| |Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia |Primary school |
| Mount Keira Demonstration School
| |Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia |Primary school |
| North Sydney Demonstration School
|Waverton, New South Wales, Australia |Primary school |
= Canada =
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| Institute of Child Study
|An independent nursery to Grade 6 day school |
| University of Toronto Schools
|An independent co-educational day school |
= Europe =
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| Jordanhill School
| |An independent state co-educational day school |
| Lab School Paris
| |First laboratory school in France, opened in 2017, for students aged 6 to 18, bilingual (French-English), IB Diploma Program for 11th and 12th grades, associated to the Lab School Network. |
| Laborschule Bielefeld
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| [https://www.tuni.fi/en/about-us/tampere-university-teacher-training-school Tampere University Teacher Training School]
|Tampere University Faculty of Education and Culture |Finland |The Teacher Training School trains future teachers in a very structured way. Administratively, the school is part of the Tampere University Faculty of Education and Culture. In all other respects, the school enjoys great independence. | |
| SZTE István Báthory Laboratory Grammar School
|University of Szeged |Hungary |The Báthory is the laboratory school of the SZTE (University of Szeged) which means people who studying to become a teacher one day can join in the work and everyday life of the Báthory where they can develop under teachers and professors who are the best in their area. |
= United States =
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.laboratoryschools.org International Association of Laboratory Schools]
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