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Ruff, David J. – Hands On, 1992
A high school teacher describes student experiences of meeting resistance when attempting to learn more about community issues or problems. These negative encounters, although causing some anxiety and distress, taught beneficial lessons that enabled students to grow and learn. (LP)
Descriptors: Educational Benefits, Educational Change, Educational Practices, High School Students
Weakly, Jan; And Others – Hands On, 1994
Using the Foxfire approach, an elementary school teacher taught young children about democracy through participation in classroom decision making. Activities included student discussion and decision making about a classroom theme and class rules. Includes student comments and drawings about what democracy means, both in and outside of the…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Democracy, Educational Practices, Educational Principles
Gunn, Pat; And Others – Hands On, 1994
Seven brief articles by teachers in Foxfire's East Tennessee Teachers' Network discuss the developmentally appropriate application of Foxfire core practices in grades 4-8, and describe class problem-solving related to student behavior problems, community-based projects, changing student attitudes, and use of Foxfire-style projects with special…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Practices, Experiential Learning, Intermediate Grades
Michel, Elinor – Hands On, 1994
A Foxfire teacher describes student reactions to a democratic approach implemented in an undergraduate teacher education course and an inservice teacher workshop. Goal was for participants to develop methods and activities that would involve their future K-12 students in active and democratic learning. (LP)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Democratic Values, Educational Change, Educational Principles
Hoff, Peter B. – Hands On, 1994
An elementary school teacher changed his teaching approach to one based on John Dewey's philosophy that science should be taught as a method of inquiry, not as a fixed body of knowledge. Students were encouraged to formulate scientific questions and work together in establishing experimental procedures. (LP)
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Educational Change, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Education
