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Ascham School is an independent, non-denominational, day and boarding school for girls, located in Edgecliff, an Eastern Suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1886, the school has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently has approximately 1000 students from Kindergarten to Year 12, including 100 boarders from Years 6 to 12.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=School Choice - Australia Choosing a School )〕 Ascham is one of the few schools worldwide to follow the 'Dalton Plan', an educational philosophy created by Helen Parkhurst in 1916. The 'Dalton Plan' aims to produce independent and confident leaders.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A Dalton Education )〕 The basis of Dalton is an independent, self-directed, assignment-based learning. The aim is to facilitate independent thinking, the development of research skills and creativity. The individualised instruction considers the needs of the student and provides her with a structure to control the pace at which she progresses. Students receive weekly assignments and a proportion of lesson times is spent in 'studies' or conversations with each other about progress in the week's work. It is the study which teaches the students to be responsible for their own learning, how to test ideas and ask questions in the language of that subject. Ascham's Dalton Plan allows flexible timetabling so that any combination of subjects is possible.〔 Ascham is a member of the Alliance of Girls’ Schools (Australasia),〔http://www.agsa.org.au/members.php?PageID=11&Alpha=A〕 the Junior School Heads Association of Australia〔http://www.jshaa.asn.au/nsw/directory/index.asp〕 the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),〔http://www.ahisa.com.au/Display.aspx?tabid=2230〕 the Australian Boarding Schools' Association,〔http://www.boarding.org.au/site/school_detail.cfm?schID=180〕 and the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Association of Heads of Independent Girls Schools (AHIGS) )〕 Ascham is operated as a not-for-profit company. All funds must be used to benefit the school. This function is administered by the school's Council of Governors who are elected by the school's members. ==History== Ascham school was established in 1886 by Miss Marie Wallis, as a private, day and boarding school for girls, in a terrace house in Darling Point. The school moved to its current site following the acquisition of Glenrock estate in 1911. The school was named after Roger Ascham, tutor to Queen Elizabeth I. The school adopted the 'Dalton Plan' as its method of teaching in 1922. Ascham became a company, Ascham School Limited, in 1937 under the direction of Headmistress Miss Margaret Bailey. This transferred ownership of the school from herself to ensure the long-term succession of the school.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Home - Ascham School )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ascham School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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