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ERIC Number: EJ597094
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-7217
Perils on an Essential Journey: Building School Community.
Schaps, Eric; Lewis, Catherine
Phi Delta Kappan, v81 n3 p215-18 Nov 1999
Experience with the Child Development Project shows that poorly implemented community building may be detrimental to students. Caring is not synonymous with "easy"; teachers are pivotal in student-centered classrooms; schoolwide change is essential; school values must be examined; and assessment must be aligned with instruction. (Contains 10 references.) (MLH)
Descriptors: Community, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Student Motivation, Teacher Role, Values
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Caring; Child Development Project