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Winn, Sandra K. – Online Submission, 2008
In 1997, fifteen council meetings were observed and recorded at the Albany Free School and subsequently analyzed. Unbeknownst to the school, the council meetings were found to be very similar to what Lawrence Kohlberg had in mind when he developed his Just Community Model. This article discusses how this council meeting forum compares to…
Descriptors: Free Schools, College Governing Councils, Student Participation, Teacher Student Relationship
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Obenchain, Kathryn M.; Pennington, Julie L.; Orr, Angela – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2010
This qualitative case study examines one secondary social studies teacher's enactment of her critical constructivist beliefs in teaching for democratic citizenship education. Results are organized around the knowledge, skills, and dispositions addressed, and their consistency with critical constructivism. The teacher's practices were consistent…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Democracy, Citizenship Education, Social Studies
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Harjunen, Elina – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2009
Authority, a fundamental part of the teaching-studying-learning process, is a problematic and poorly understood component of classroom life. It can be said, in practical terms, that pedagogical authority is constructed in classrooms, in teacher-student interaction and in the spirit of their physical presence, confidence, appreciation,…
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Interaction, Teaching Methods, Teacher Responsibility