Conversations around the Large Table: Building Community in a Portuguese Public Kindergarten.

Vasconcelos, Teresa; Walsh, Daniel J.

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ERIC Number: EJ637778

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2001

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Conversations around the Large Table: Building Community in a Portuguese Public Kindergarten.

Vasconcelos, Teresa; Walsh, Daniel J.

Early Education and Development, v12 n4 p499-522 Oct 2001

Analyzes how one teacher builds community in the daily life of her Portuguese public kindergarten classroom. Focuses on six themes: membership, awareness, negotiation, responsibility, ritual, and group memory. Concludes with a discussion of the teacher's practice and commitment to the community of the classroom. (Author/SD)

Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Community, Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children, Social Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Teacher Role, Teacher Student Relationship

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Portugal

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