Full Description
This book describes in detail the attributes of learning communities and how these characteristics help students acquire a sense of moral responsibility and commitment to fellow students. Clifford H. Edwards provides an account of how schools fail to satisfy student needs and thus promote discipline problems. Special attention is given to children's need for self-direction and how empowering them can promote more responsible learning involvement. There is also a focus on the factors that motivate learning and those that do not and how teachers can help their students become more intrinsically interested in school learning. Constructivist learning theory is presented as the most accepted explanation of how children learn and how it articulates with the learning community approach to education. The inquiry learning strategy is given as the most effective way to apply constructivist learning theory in classrooms. Appropriate relationships and effective communications are presented as essential components of learning communities and how they accentuate the effectiveness of this learning orientation. Democratic discipline within learning communities is described in detail.
Contents
Chapter 1- Attributes of Learning Communities
Chapter 2 - Authentic Fulfillment of Student Needs
Chapter 3 - Democratic Discipline and Student Empowerment
Chapter 4 - Democratic Discipline and Learning Motivation
Chapter 5 - Constructivist Theory, Cognitive Processing, and Learning Preferences
Chapter 6 - Inquiry Learning
Chapter 7 - Relationships and Communications in Learning Communities
Chapter 8 - Democratic Discipline in Learning Communities
