Classrooms as Learning Communities What's in it for schools?

• Main Author: Watkins, Chris (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group 2005
• Subjects: Community and school; Learning; Public schools > United States; School improvement programs > United States
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• Physical Description: xii, 228 pages illustrations 21 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 0415327792; 9780415327794

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 book demonstrates a new way of seeing and managing classrooms through: 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 schools in contrast to the mechanistic view that currently dominates an answer to the short-term performance pressures of politicians - better performance. The practice and vision of classrooms that operate as learning communities is presented clearly and encourages teachers to take steps towards building a more effective classroom with the aspects of learning communities they choose.