Turning Points 2000: Chapter 2

Chapter two discussed the essentials of the Turning Points vision, moving from the original eight-point list format to the seven-point web, where all aspects of the vision interact and affect each other. The reason for such a change was the need for modern language and terminologies, as well as the need to demonstrate the reality of such interaction between curriculum, assessment, and instruction, as well as the interaction between teacher, parents, school, district, state, and country.

Chapter two described many of the things that I believe I have been already taught to strive for in a classroom during my education courses. Providing a safe and health learning environment, ensuring that communication remains open between student and teacher, teacher and parent, parent and student, using a variety of different instructional strategies to expose students to new material and ideas, these are all things that are essential to making sure that such a school meets the needs of its students.