ERIC Number: EJ761687
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Sep
Pages: 9
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Embarking on the Road to Authentic Engagement: Investigating Racism through Interactive Learning Centers
Taylor, Monica; Otinsky, Gennifer
Voices from the Middle, v14 n1 p38-46 Sep 2006
Taylor and Otinsky provide readers with a road map for interactive learning centers as a means to ground students as they develop their authentic questions about complex issues such as racism. Using interactive learning centers, students are invited to engage with a large number of collaborative experiences with texts of multiple media, the goal of which is to gain information and perspective that lead to an authentic inquiry question. The authors walk us through the experience, offer examples, and share what they've learned, concluding with advice for using this technique in your own classroom. (Contains 14 resources.)
Descriptors: Learning Centers (Classroom), Grade 6, Cooperative Learning, Racial Bias, Social Studies, Teaching Methods, Units of Study
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Grade 6; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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