Why Community? :
Why Community? They feel connect to one each other; they are part of an “us”
The Importance of Community :
The Importance of Community Cooperative Community MI
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ING Meeting can become merely a forum for pressing and defending one’s narrow self-interest Multi-age classroom and cross-age activities There is a failure to create a community and promote a sense of connection and caring “Working with” attitude It causes a “Doing to” attitude
Objections To Community :
Objections To Community The community approach goes beyond teacher-student interaction and asks us to consider the broader question of how everyone gets along together Supporting Working Together Partners
Objections To Community :
Objections To Community The structural approach has another interesting implication: caring is more than just a characteristic of teachers. Believing Achieving Receiving
Building a Community :
Building a Community
Building a Community: Strategies :
Building a Community: Strategies Relationship with the Adults
To be a caring person, though, an educator must first be a person.
Connection between Students
A community rests on the knowledge of, and connections among, the individuals who are part of it.
Class-wide and School-wide activities
The receipt for community also calls for plenty of opportunity for the whole class to collaborate on common endeavors.
Using academic instruction
The quest for community is not and can not be separate from what students are learning.
Slide 8:
Are You Ready To Be Apart Of The Community?