Learning Together: Children and Adults in a School Community

Contents......Page 8
Lessons about Learning as a Community......Page 14
Part I. Origins, Principles, and Structure of a Community of Learners......Page 30
Constructing Ourselves: The Beginning of an Evolving Philosophy......Page 32
An Orientation to Principles-in-Action......Page 44
Seeing the Big Picture......Page 60
Part II. How Is This a Community?......Page 70
A Home and School Community......Page 72
Coming Home to School......Page 78
Setting the Scene: Coordinating a Classroom Community......Page 83
The Classroom Community "in Control"......Page 97
Part III. Children Learning in a Community......Page 100
Creating Curriculum with Children......Page 102
Caring Conversations......Page 114
Respect from Respect......Page 117
"What about Sharing?"......Page 119
Learning to Manage Time......Page 132
Helping Children Learn to Make Responsible Choices......Page 134
Part IV. Teachers Learning about Teaching Children in a Community......Page 142
Teaching by Learning from Children......Page 144
Risking Saying "I Don't Know"......Page 147
A New Teacher Learning to Share Responsibility with Children......Page 149
Part V. Parents Learning Principles of Children's Learning in a Community......Page 154
Becoming a Cooperative Parent in a Parent Co-operative......Page 156
Kindergarten, Again......Page 167
Parents' Learning about Children's Learning......Page 171
Becoming an Adult Member in a Community of Learners......Page 177
Part VI. Teachers Learning about Parent Learning in a Community......Page 186
Qualifying to Help People Learn: Becoming a Beginner......Page 188
A New Teacher Learning to Share Responsibility with Parents......Page 196
A Teacher Learning about Adult Learning......Page 199
Part VII. Communities Learning Together, Creating Learning Communities......Page 208
Teachers Learning Together in Forming a Learning Community......Page 210
Decision Making in a Learning Community......Page 220
OC Teachers Take Their Learning to Other Schools......Page 230
Never-Ending Learning......Page 236
C......Page 256
I......Page 258
P......Page 259
S......Page 260
W......Page 261