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Peer reviewedAngell, Ann V. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1998
Describes an experiment with class meetings, designed to offer students practice in the democratic process, in a mixed-age, upper elementary, Montessori classroom. Finds that the group setting allowed students to address goals for classroom conduct and to learn ethics by example. Notes problems with tolerance for minority positions within the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Citizenship Education, Civics, Classroom Environment
