Synopses & Reviews
This book advances the theoretical account that Barbara Rogoff presented in her highly acclaimed book, Apprenticeship in Thinking. Here, Rogoff collaborates with two master teachers from an innovative school in Salt Lake City, Utah, to examine how students, parents, and teachers learn by being engaged together in a community of learners. Building on observations by participants in this school, this book reveals how children and adults learn through participation in activities of mutual interest. The insights will speak to all those interested in how people learn collaboratively and how schools can improve.
Review
"Clearly presented and well-written, open to both general and specialist readers... Taking the full message of this book on board is not only a challenge to schooling but also to parenting and the wider society."--Professor Hazel Francis, Institute of Education, University of London
Synopsis
This book advances the theoretical account that Barbara Rogoff presented in her highly acclaimed book, Apprenticeship in Thinking. Here, Rogoff collaborates with two master teachers from an innovative school in Salt Lake City, Utah, to examine how students, parents, and teachers learn by being engaged together in a community of learners. Building on observations by participants in this school, this book reveals how children and adults learn through participation in activities of mutual interest. The insights will speak to all those interested in how people learn collaboratively and how schools can improve.
Synopsis
This book advances the theoretical account that Barbara Rogoff presented in her highly acclaimed book, Apprenticeship in Thinking. Here, Rogoff collaborates with two master teachers from an innovative school in Salt Lake City, Utah, to examine how students, parents, and teachers learn by being engaged together in a community of learners. Building on observations by participants in this school, this book reveals how children and adults learn through participation in activities of mutual interest. The insights will speak to all those interested in how people learn collaboratively and how schools can improve.
Table of Contents
Lessons about Learning as a Community,
Barbara Rogoff, Leslee Bartlett, and Carolyn Goodman TurkanisPart I. Origins, Principles, and Structure of a Community of Learners
Constructing Ourselves: The Beginning of an Evolving Philosophy, Marilyn Johnston
An Orientation to Principles-in-Action, Leslee Bartlett, Carolyn Goodman Turkanis, and Barbara Rogoff
Seeing the Big Picture, Leslee Bartlett
Part II. How Is This a Community?
A Home and School Community, Ann Chalmers Pendell
Coming Home to School, Carolyn Goodman Turkanis and Leslee Bartlett
Setting the Scene: Coordinating a Classroom Community, Donene Polson
The Classroom Community "in Control", Leslee Bartlett and Carolyn Goodman Turkanis
Part III. Children Learning in a Community
Creating Curriculum with Children, Carolyn Goodman Turkanis
Caring Conversations, Theresa Cryns et al.
Respect from Respect, Valerie Magarian
"What about Sharing?", Pamela Bradshaw
Learning to Manage Time, David Magarian
Helping Children Learn to Make Responsible Choices, Donene Polson
Part IV. Teachers Learning about Teaching Children in a Community
Teaching by Learning from Children, Carol Randell
Risking Saying "I Don't Know", Joanne Slotnik et al.
A New Teacher Learning to Share Responsibility with Children, Jessica Seaman
Part V. Parents Learning Principles of Children's Learning in a Community
Becoming a Cooperative Parent in a Parent Co-operative, Barbara Rogoff
Kindergarten, Again, Howard Bartlett
Parents' Learning about Children's Learning, Leslie Lewis
Becoming an Adult Member in a Community of Learners, Eugene Matusov
Part VI. Teachers Learning about Parent Learning in a Community
Qualifying to Help People Learn: Becoming a Beginner, Pamela Bradshaw
A New Teacher Learning to Share Responsibility with Parents, Karen Steele
A Teacher Learning about Adult Learning, Denise Nelson Mavor
Part VII. Communities Learning Together, Creating Learning Communities
Teachers Learning Together in Forming a Learning Community, Marcy Clokey-Till, Theresa Cryns, and Marilyn Johnston
Decision Making in a Learning Community, Carol Lubomudrov
OC Teachers Take Their Learning to Other Schools, Judy Smith and Mimi Wilson
Never-Ending Learning, Carolyn Goodman Turkanis, Leslee Bartlett, and Barbara Rogoff
Index