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To Engage Students, Give Them Meaningful Choices in the Classroom
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Parker, Frieda; Novak, Jodie; Bartell, Tonya – Phi Delta Kappan, 2017
Providing students with choice can be a powerful means of supporting student engagement. However, not all choice opportunities lead to improved student engagement. Teachers can increase the likelihood that students will value choice by analyzing how students associate feelings of autonomy, competence, and relatedness with the choice provided them.…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Decision Making, Learner Controlled Instruction, Personal Autonomy
A Community of Teachers
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Starnes, Bobby Ann; Saderholm, Jon; Webb, Althea – Phi Delta Kappan, 2010
The philosophies behind teachers education programs and the classrooms where their students have their field experiences may be very different, especially in elementary classrooms since passage of NCLB. For students at Berea College, an institution with a unique history and mission, the disconnect can interfere with the prospective teacher's…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Mentors, Educational Philosophy, Communities of Practice
Getting Children In2Books: Engagement in Authentic Reading, Writing, and Thinking
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Teale, William H.; Zolt, Nina; Yokota, Junko; Glasswell, Kathryn; Gambrell, Linda – Phi Delta Kappan, 2007
For the past few years the authors have worked in urban public elementary schools to implement literacy instruction that emphasizes higher-level reading, writing, and thinking, while also maintaining instructional focus on the skills of decoding, word recognition, and fluency. Their efforts have involved implementing an initiative called In2Books.…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Emergent Literacy, Program Effectiveness, Reading Programs
A 'Communally Bonded' School for African American Students, Families, and a Community.
Morris, Jerome E. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2002
Shows how school personnel at Farragut Elementary School in Saint Louis have "communally bonded" with African American families and the surrounding community to foster an academically supportive environment. Discusses how investigation into the school extends to the broader issues of urban education, academic excellence, parent and…
Descriptors: Black Community, Black Family, Black Students, Case Studies
Gummibers Instead of Sour Grapes: A Positive Response to the National Reports on School Reform.
Metzger, Christa – Phi Delta Kappan, 1984
In response to the educational reform reports, Glendale Elementary School District (Arizona) administrators decided to reexamine existing programs and begin long-range planning. They submitted a list of recommendations (selected from reports) to a community/district staff and task force to prioritize, then assigned specific responsibilities to…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Case Studies, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
Involving the Young
Silberman, Harry F. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1975
Two case studies, China and Synanon, reveal common features in the process of integrating the young into the world of work and civic responsibility through intensive feedback, the work ethic, geographic mobility, role models, and group atmosphere. (Author/DW)
Descriptors: Career Education, Case Studies, Community Responsibility, Elementary Secondary Education
What We Must Do for Students Placed at Risk.
Rossi, Robert J.; Stringfield, Samuel C. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1995
Reviews 30 years of research, concentrating on ongoing reform initiatives and 18 programs designated as effective with at-risk students. Identifies broad, overarching conditions essential for transporting isolated successes to all schools serving at-risk students. Outlines key characteristics of two promising models: community in schools and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Neglect, Community, Democratic Values