1st Edition

A Learning Community in the Primary Classroom

288 Pages
by Routledge

286 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

This richly detailed description and analysis of exemplary teaching in the primary grades looks at how a teacher establishes her classroom as a collaborative learning community, how she plans curriculum and instruction that features powerful ideas and applications to life outside of school, and how, working within this context, she motivates her students to learn with a sense of purpose and... Read more

Preface

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Establishing the Classroom as a Collaborative Learning Community

Chapter 3 Communicating with Families

Chapter 4 Managing the Learning Community’s Everyday Activities

Chapter 5 Using Narrative to Build a Content Base

Chapter 6 Modeling of Self-Regulated Reasoning and Learning

Chapter 7 Motivating Students to Engage in Learning Confidently and Thoughtfully

Chapter 8 Individualizing to Meet Students’ Needs

Chapter 9 Planning

Appendix

Biography

Jere Brophy (deceased) was University Distinguished Professor of Teacher Education and Educational Psychology, Michigan State University.

Janet Alleman is Professor of Teacher Education, Michigan State University.

Barbara Knighton is an Early Elementary Educator, Waverly Community Schools & Winans Elementary School, Michigan.

"...a nice companion volume for beginners to illustrate the theories about which they are learning. It provides specific advice for those preparing to immediately enter their own classroom, and it should reinforce the work of veterans who will see their own successful practices mirrored here....Recommended for all readership levels."--CHOICE

"… a much-needed addition to elementary social studies that will move the field ahead."--Keith C. Barton, University of Cincinnati

"This text fills a valuable niche and should quickly become a leading reference for teachers and teacher educators."--Linda S. Levstik, University of Kentucky