Cultivating the Learner-Centered Classroom, a progressively-oriented guide for teaching, provides teachers with concrete strategies for making a fundamental shift in educational thought and in practice: from behaviorism to constructivism, from control to cooperation, from following recipes to understanding the learning process, from meeting standards to individualizing expectations and instruction, and from coercing students' obedience to facilitating their authority and autonomy. The authors offer practical procedures and strategies that are aligned with progressive educational thought, and…mehr
Cultivating the Learner-Centered Classroom, a progressively-oriented guide for teaching, provides teachers with concrete strategies for making a fundamental shift in educational thought and in practice: from behaviorism to constructivism, from control to cooperation, from following recipes to understanding the learning process, from meeting standards to individualizing expectations and instruction, and from coercing students' obedience to facilitating their authority and autonomy. The authors offer practical procedures and strategies that are aligned with progressive educational thought, and bridge theory and practice concerning the following aspects of teaching: 1) facilitating community development in the classroom 2) facilitating community development with parents 3) classroom organization 4) observing and assessing student growth 5) planning instruction 6) individual, small group, and whole group instruction 7) evaluating and reporting student growth
Kaia Tollefson's career in education began in Kodiak, Alaska, in 1983. She was a middle school teacher there for nine years and worked in administration for the next five-first as a curriculum and staff development coordinator and then as an elementary school principal. She discovered a passion for teacher education while pursuing her doctoral degree in language, literacy, and sociocultural studies, awarded by the University of New Mexico in 2004. Her most recent experience in teaching children was in 2002, when she returned to the classroom to teach fifth grade. One of her professional goals is to find ways to refresh and reground her roots in the public schools, never getting too far away from knowing what it means to be a classroom teacher. She is currently an assistant professor of education at California State University Channel Islands, working in teacher education, coaching a Critical Friends Group, and exploring the relationship between the concept of voice and the processes of teaching and learning.
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Preface Time to Learn Fighting for Hope Acknowledgments About the Authors Introduction: Progressivism and Traditionalism-A Continuum of Educational Thought 1. Facilitating Community Development in the Classroom The Teacher's Essential Attributes: Confidence and Humility, Compassion and Faith The Basis of the Teacher-Student Relationship: Motivation or Coercion? Who Decides Who Belongs? A Note on Inclusive Education From Theory to Practice: Strategies for Facilitating Relationship and Community 2. Classroom Organization Finding You in Your Classroom From Theory to Practice: Strategies for Organizing a Learner-Centered Classroom 3. Observing and Assessing What Students Know and Can Do Understanding Terminology Assumption #1: You Can't Teach Someone You Don't Know Assumption #2: You Will Assess What You Value Assumption #3: You Will Never Finish Learning How to Assess Students' Knowledge From Theory to Practice: Strategies for Assessing What Students Know and Can Do 4. Planning Instruction From Theory to Practice: Strategies for Planning Instruction 5. Evaluating and Reporting Student Growth Common Assumptions About Grades A Brief History of Grading Evaluation as Grading: Critiquing Traditional Purposes of Letter Grades Learner-Centered Evaluation: Reframing the Purpose of Grading From Theory to Practice: Strategies for Evaluating and Reporting Student Progress 6. Facilitating Community Development With Parents From Theory to Practice: Strategies for Facilitating Community Development With Parents 7. Holding On: Leading With Heart On Becoming a "Real" Leader Democratic Faith: The Final, Essential Component of Leadership From Theory to Practice: Strategies for Holding On and Leading With Heart References Index
Preface Time to Learn Fighting for Hope Acknowledgments About the Authors Introduction: Progressivism and Traditionalism-A Continuum of Educational Thought 1. Facilitating Community Development in the Classroom The Teacher's Essential Attributes: Confidence and Humility, Compassion and Faith The Basis of the Teacher-Student Relationship: Motivation or Coercion? Who Decides Who Belongs? A Note on Inclusive Education From Theory to Practice: Strategies for Facilitating Relationship and Community 2. Classroom Organization Finding You in Your Classroom From Theory to Practice: Strategies for Organizing a Learner-Centered Classroom 3. Observing and Assessing What Students Know and Can Do Understanding Terminology Assumption #1: You Can't Teach Someone You Don't Know Assumption #2: You Will Assess What You Value Assumption #3: You Will Never Finish Learning How to Assess Students' Knowledge From Theory to Practice: Strategies for Assessing What Students Know and Can Do 4. Planning Instruction From Theory to Practice: Strategies for Planning Instruction 5. Evaluating and Reporting Student Growth Common Assumptions About Grades A Brief History of Grading Evaluation as Grading: Critiquing Traditional Purposes of Letter Grades Learner-Centered Evaluation: Reframing the Purpose of Grading From Theory to Practice: Strategies for Evaluating and Reporting Student Progress 6. Facilitating Community Development With Parents From Theory to Practice: Strategies for Facilitating Community Development With Parents 7. Holding On: Leading With Heart On Becoming a "Real" Leader Democratic Faith: The Final, Essential Component of Leadership From Theory to Practice: Strategies for Holding On and Leading With Heart References Index
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