Democratic Discipline in Learning Communities
Clifford H. Edwards
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Description for Democratic Discipline in Learning Communities
Hardback. This book describes in detail the attributes of learning communities and how these characteristics help students acquire a sense of moral responsibility and commitment to fellow students. Clifford H. Edwards provides an account of how schools fail to satisfy student needs and thus promote discipline problems. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 463.
This book describes in detail the attributes of learning communities and how these characteristics help students acquire a sense of moral responsibility and commitment to fellow students. Clifford H. Edwards provides an account of how schools fail to satisfy student needs and thus promote discipline problems. Special attention is given to children's need for self-direction and how empowering them can promote more responsible learning involvement. There is also a focus on the factors that motivate learning and those that do not and how teachers can help their students become more intrinsically interested in school learning. Constructivist learning theory is presented ... Read more
This book describes in detail the attributes of learning communities and how these characteristics help students acquire a sense of moral responsibility and commitment to fellow students. Clifford H. Edwards provides an account of how schools fail to satisfy student needs and thus promote discipline problems. Special attention is given to children's need for self-direction and how empowering them can promote more responsible learning involvement. There is also a focus on the factors that motivate learning and those that do not and how teachers can help their students become more intrinsically interested in school learning. Constructivist learning theory is presented ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
Number of Pages
196
Place of Publication
Lanham, United States
ISBN
9781607099840
SKU
V9781607099840
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Ref
99-15
About Clifford H. Edwards
Clifford H. Edwards is a former professor of science education whose 35 year professional career was spent at Illinois State University and Brigham Young University. He is the author of books and articles primarily in the areas of curriculum and student discipline.
Reviews for Democratic Discipline in Learning Communities
Uncooperative students have always been the bane of the dedicated teacher. Many solutions have been put forward, from ancient times to the present, for solving the problems of the disruptive and uninterested student. Yet little has changed over the centuries. The student just doesn't want to learn in most classrooms. Why? The root of the problem has gone largely unresolved. ... Read more