Building an Ethical Community in the Classroom: Community Meeting.

McClurg, Lois Gail

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Publication Date: 1998

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Building an Ethical Community in the Classroom: Community Meeting.

McClurg, Lois Gail

Young Children, v53 n2 p30-35 Mar 1998

Describes "community meetings" in early childhood classrooms, designed to create an intentional community devoted to learning to live with and consider the perspectives of others. Discusses how meetings work, community meeting and the topic of exclusion, students' learning about themselves, awareness as a kind of solution, airing a variety of issues, and children learning to take the reins. (EV)

Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Community, Discussion, Discussion Groups, Early Childhood Education, Group Unity, Meetings, Participative Decision Making, Perspective Taking, Student Participation

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Language: English

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