Relationships and Classroom Communities

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Jolene T. Malavasic
Keyword(s):  
Classroom Communities

Developing inclusive classroom communities: what matters to children?

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Kristine Black-Hawkins ◽  
Linda Maguire ◽  
Ruth Kershner
Keyword(s):  
Inclusive Classroom ◽  
Classroom Communities ◽  
What Matters

The Student Teaching Equity Project: Exploring Teacher Candidates’ Knowledge, Skills, and Beliefs

2021 ◽  
pp. 002248712110398
Author(s):  
Nicholas Bell ◽  
Elizabeth Soslau ◽  
Chanelle Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Student Teaching ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Significant Treatment Effect ◽  
Traditional Curriculum ◽  
Significant Treatment ◽  
Learning Modules ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Classroom Communities

A quasi-experimental mixed-methods study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of an equity intervention on teacher candidates’ abilities to articulate equity-based beliefs, and demonstrate and apply equity-based skills and knowledge. Three pre/post instruments were utilized. Treatment participants ( N = 35) were exposed to curricular modifications made to the traditional curriculum, including a workshop, panel event, online learning modules, and reflective postconferences. Quantitative findings showed a statistically significant treatment effect for treatment participants compared with candidates in the control group ( N = 83). Qualitative analyses showed that treatment participants articulated more equity-based language when describing their beliefs and intentions for their future classroom communities. Implications for practice and research are provided.

scholarly journals A PRELIMINARY LOOK AT THE STRUCTURAL DIFFERENCES OF HIGHER EDUCATION CLASSROOM COMMUNITIES IN TRADITIONAL AND ALN COURSES

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfred P. Rovai
Keyword(s):  
Adult Learners ◽  
Classroom Community ◽  
Asynchronous Learning ◽  
Learning Effectiveness ◽  
Graduate Courses ◽  
Asynchronous Learning Network ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Media ◽  
Classroom Communities

This preliminary study again provides evidence that it is the method and not the media that matters the most in learning effectiveness. The present work examines classroom community in order to determine how sense of community differs between students enrolled in traditional face-to-face and those enrolled in asynchronous learning network (ALN) courses. Subjects consist of 326 adult learners who were enrolled in a mix of 14 undergraduate and graduate courses at two urban universities. As operationalized by the Sense of Classroom Community Index (SCCI), there appears no significant difference in classroom community between the two groups of subjects. However, a discriminant analysis shows a significant overall difference in community structure between the two groups. Variations between groups on feelings of similarity of needs, recognition, importance of learning, connectedness, friendship, thinking critically, safety, acceptance, group identity, and absence of confusion are the characteristics contributing mostly to this difference in learning effectiveness.

scholarly journals Fostering Classroom Communities through Circling With Teacher Candidates

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 1103-1120
Author(s):  
Karen L. Bouchard ◽  
Trista Hollweck ◽  
J. David Smith
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Social Emotional Learning ◽  
Emotional Learning ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Pedagogical Approach ◽  
Classroom Communities

Classroom circles have been recognized as a valuable pedagogical approach to develop students’ social-emotional learning and to establish a sense of community within a classroom. Until recently, there has been little consideration that teachers, themselves, may benefit from circling experiences. To garner a deeper understanding of circling for teachers, this study examined teacher candidates’ experiences with circling in a teacher education course. Focus groups with former teacher candidates procured three themes: circling creates safe and engaging spaces for learning, productive tensions create opportunities for connection, and, teachers create effective circles with authenticity. The results suggest that circling should be similarly used with educators, in addition to use with students, and could be embedded within current teacher-education programming.

Creating Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Classroom Communities in Early Childhood Language Immersion Schools

2020 ◽  
pp. 77-93
Author(s):  
Alina Slapac ◽  
Sujin Kim
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Classroom Teacher ◽  
Classroom Community ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Language Immersion ◽  
Responsive Teaching ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Classroom Communities ◽  
Kindergarten Classroom

This chapter examined the development of a classroom community through a case study of a kindergarten teacher in a Spanish language immersion school. Case study data includes observational field notes, classroom artifacts, informal conversations, and interviews with an immersion kindergarten classroom teacher. Additionally, interviews with the two administrators from the Spanish and French immersion schools (networking schools) were collected and analyzed to learn about their perspectives regarding culturally and linguistically responsive teaching practices and their commitment to encouraging the creation of classroom communities within their schools. The results revealed both the administrators and the case teacher in the kindergarten classroom supported practices of drawing from their own and students' cultural identities and resources to create a culturally responsive learning and social environment, in partnership with students and families. Recommendations for future studies on diverse early childhood settings are discussed in regards to teacher preparation and policy enactment.

Creating Classroom Communities

2015 ◽  
Vol 109 (4) ◽  
pp. 244
Keyword(s):  
Classroom Communities

An introduction to the 2015 MT Focus Issue.

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