Attributes of learning communities -- Authentic fulfillment of student needs -- Democratic discipline and student empowerment -- Democratic discipline and learning motivation -- Constructivist theory, cognitive processing, and learning preferences -- Inquiry learning -- Relationships and communications in learning communities -- Democratic discipline in learning communities
Summary
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 learningand those that do not and how teachers can help their students become more intrinsically i
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-173) and index
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