Teaching and Learning in Middle and Secondary Schools: Student Empowerment Through Learning Communities » (1st Edition)

Unit I: The Basis.

1. Learning Communities.

2. Student Differences and Needs.

3. Autonomy and Student Empowerment.

4. How Students Learn.

5. Multicultural Education and Exceptionality in Learning Communities.

Unit II: Planning for Instruction.

6. Teaching as Reflection and Decision Making.

7. Instructional Planning in Learning Communities.

Unit III: Dynamics of Classroom Instruction.

8. Intellectual Development and Social Growth: Methods and Technology.

9. Motivation in Learning Communities.

10. Discipline in Learning Communities.

Unit IV: Improving Teaching and Learning.

11. Measuring and Evaluating Learning.

12. Teacher Improvement.

13. Working with Parents and the Community.

Appendix.

Index.