| Description |
xi, 163 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. The Option of Choice / Jane Doan -- 2. Choice Time / Penelle Chase -- 3. Making Choices in School / Pennelle Chase -- 4. The Teacher's Role / Jane Doan -- 5. Envisioning Curriculum / Penelle Chase -- 6. The Parents' Role / Jane Doan -- 7. The Responsibility of Choice / Jane Doan -- 8. Looking at the Learner / Penelle Chase |
| Summary |
Choosing to Learn thoughtfully refutes the notion that children are not learning unless teachers are teaching. Based on the author's seven years of coteaching experience, the book reveals how choice and ownership affect student achievement and attitude. We follow the progress of a varied group of students aged five to eight as they set their own academic goals, direct the course of thematic studies, engage in research, and decide what individual work they will do during their investigations, communications, and math workshops. The authors suggest many ways in which teachers can recognize, guide, and document student learning, as well as describe how they create and manage learning environments. They also discuss how to involve parents in encouraging their children to become active participants in their own learning |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-163) |
| Subject |
Autonomy in children.
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Decision making in children.
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Education -- Experimental methods.
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Education, Primary.
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Learning.
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Nongraded schools.
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| Author |
Doan, Jane.
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| LC no. |
96028534 |
| ISBN |
0435072234 (alk. paper) |
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