Classrooms as learning communities : what's in it for schools? /
Chris Watkins.
- xii, 228 p. ; 20cm.
- What's in it for schools? .
- What's in it for schools?. .
Introduction -- Classrooms, change, learning, teaching, community -- Community - more than a warm glow -- Classrooms as learning communities : a review of research -- Interlude : practices in classrooms -- Goals in a learning community : classrooms with purpose -- Tasks in a learning community : creating knowledge together -- Social structure in a learning community -- Resources in a learning community -- Roles in a learning community -- Interlude : observing classrooms as learning communities -- Schools as learning communities. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
"After reading Classrooms as Learning Communities any classroom teacher will feel more able to take steps towards building a more effective classroom with the aspects of learning communities they choose."--BOOK JACKET.