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Publication Date: 2006-Feb
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Improving Classroom Dynamics to Support Students' Learning and Social Inclusion: A Collaborative Approach
Doveston, Mary; Keenaghan, Marian
Support for Learning, v21 n1 p5-11 Feb 2006
In this article, Mary Doveston and Marian Keenaghan discuss their work with teachers and students in developing more effective and satisfying interpersonal relationships in the classroom. Their approach focuses on increasing the capacity of a classroom community to address and measure its progress in the social and emotional competencies which that community has identified as being important. The principles of Appreciative Inquiry and Solution Focused Thinking underpin their approach to working with students and teachers, with the researchers supporting teachers to facilitate student participation in a process which they have described as "Growing Talent for Inclusion" (GTi).
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Student Participation, Teacher Student Relationship, Interpersonal Competence, Cooperative Learning, Educational Principles
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Language: English
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