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Teacher Empowerment and the Disappearing Act: Making Connections between Empowerment and Motivation.
Peer reviewedPickle, Judy – Thresholds in Education, 1991
A teacher's identity is shaped by direct work with individual students, not by paperwork or competitive tasks. Teacher empowerment is grounded in teacher motivation, with emphasis on teacher-student relationships. Empowerment depends on relating new roles and decision-making tasks to classroom work, recognizing teachers for success with difficult…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Cooperation, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
Dalton, Joan; Watson, Marilyn – 1997
When children feel that they are among friends in their schools and classrooms, they make the school community their own. Using classroom vignettes and collegial conversations, this book illustrates the creation of caring learning communities in six elementary school classrooms. Part 1 of the book, "Four Keys to Classroom Community,"…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Cooperation, Culturally Relevant Education, Educational Environment
