CNJPALMER
Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:21:55 -0800
Ellin writes (pg 87): "It is evident that children are treated with the deepest respect and expected to say and do brilliant things every day. They are trusted to solve their own problems whenever possible and the reward is a greater sense of freedom, more authentic interactions with each other, less need for the teachers to set up ways to control behavior." And "Classroom community means having a classroom that, visibly and invisibly, provokes intellectual development in an intimate setting." I would love to hear everyone's reaction to these statements. I think that the word "provokes" is an interesting word choice in the last sentence above. Notice it isn't "promotes intellectual development", Ellin uses provokes. That seems a much more active word...we as teachers must set up an environment to provoke this development. What are you thinking? Jennifer **************Check out smokin’ hot deals on laptops, desktops and more from Dell. Shop Deals (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1213345834x1200842686/aol?redir=http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;209513277;31396581;l) _______________________________________________ Understand mailing list Understand@literacyworkshop.org http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/understand_literacyworkshop.org