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Community II

Community II. Breaking the Boundaries: School as the Village Commons. Jane Addams. “ The democratic ideal demands of the school that it shall give the child’s own experience a social value; that it shall teach him to direct his activities and adjust them to those of other people.”

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Community II

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  1. Community II Breaking the Boundaries: School as the Village Commons

  2. Jane Addams “ The democratic ideal demands of the school that it shall give the child’s own experience a social value; that it shall teach him to direct his activities and adjust them to those of other people.” (Democracy and Social Ethics, 1907, p. 180)

  3. Teaching Social Values • Whose values do we teach? • What are those values? • How do they change? • Why do they change?

  4. Creating a 21st C. Global Village Classroom • Have a common purpose. • Maintain stability. • Foster Cooperation. • Balance independence and interdependence. (Ricardo L. Garcia, Teaching for Diversity, 2011)

  5. Common Purpose: Learn How to Learn • Academic and Social Development • Learning autonomy • Intellectual effectiveness • Cultural efficacy • Service to the Community • Local • State • National • Global

  6. Stability • Implement simple rules for classroom behavior. • Give students input on rules. • Create a system to integrate transient students into classroom.

  7. Foster Cooperation • Promote genuine interaction. • Create opportunities to balance self-interest with social responsibilities. • Design tasks that draw out individual talents for common ends.

  8. Balance Independence with Interdependence • Motto: Freedom within order. • Maintain balance between individualism and collaboration. • Foster critical and creative thinking. • Provide opportunities to link students to the broader society.

  9. Build Trust Among Students • Cooperative learning activities provide • Individual accountability & positive interdependence • Training in social interaction skills • Implementation and monitoring of social interaction skills • Reflection for effectiveness and improvement of productivity • AND self-reliance, self-efficacy, conflict resolution, sharing, and turn-taking

  10. Schools as Village Commons • Teachers build communities within the building: civil interaction with colleagues, staff, and admin. • Schools build communities within the village: social unity, partnerships, model for adult community life (viable citizens). • Students learn how to engage with issues of diversity from their roles in the school and in the community by exhibiting awareness and sensitivity through “a critical mind and a socially oriented attitude” (Einstein, 1968, p. 310).

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