"The What's in it for schools"? series aims to make educational
policy issues relevant to practitioners. Each book in the series
focuses on a major educational issue. The authors set the issue in
context, look at how it impacts on the daily lives of schools and
teachers, and raise key questions. The books are grounded in social
theory, recent research evidence and best practice, and will make
an excellent contribution to any staffroom bookshelf.
In classrooms that operate as learning communities, the social and
learning purposes advance together through all participants being
involved and engaged in building knowledge. This is a new way of
seeing and managing classrooms, it offers:
* An integration of what's best in learning and what's best in the
social life of classrooms
* A vision of the role of the teacher that is more creative and
more related to the commitments of teachers
* A more connected view of school, in contrast to the mechanistic
view that currently dominates
* An answer to the short-term performance pressures of politicians
- better performance.
This book presents the practice and vision of classrooms that
operate as learning communities. This is the most comprehensive and
practical book on this theme. The text is engaging without either
preaching or patrolling how teachers think. It is the aim of the
book that after reading it any classroom teacher will feel more
able to take steps towards building a more effective classroom with
the aspects of learning communities they choose.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
What's in it for schools? |
Release date: |
May 2005 |
First published: |
2005 |
Authors: |
Chris Watkins
|
Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 24mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
240 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-415-32779-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Education >
Teaching skills & techniques
|
LSN: |
0-415-32779-2 |
Barcode: |
9780415327794 |
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