Posted by Chip on April 3, 2012
On March 28th, Parker J. Palmer, author of The Courage to Teach and other books, led a half-day seminar for 120 educators from New England and New York at Wellesley College. The seminar was titled “Democracy, Public Education & Habits of the Heart: Teaching and Leading in Courageous Schools.” JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a [...]
Categories: Education Reform, Teachers & Teaching |
Tags: Center for Courage & Renewal, Courage in Schools, Courage to Teach, Healing the Heart of Democracy, Northeast Foundation for Children, Parker Palmer, Responsive Classroom approach | 
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Posted by Chip on November 9, 2011
A recent article by Tina Barseghian on Mind Shift does a great job of focusing attention on the “praise for achievement vs. praise for effort” debate of great interest to Responsive Classroom practitioners. JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own thoughts! —If you’re reading this entry on the blog site, click [...]
Categories: Books, Teachers & Teaching, Thinking Developmentally |
Tags: Center for Courage and Renewal, Mind Shift, mindfulness, Parker Palmer, Paula Denton, Power of Our Words, Responsive Classroom approach, Tina Barseghian | Post a Comment »
Posted by Chip on October 3, 2011
We need many villages … Yes, it will take many “villages” to move us beyond the constraints and narrow definitions of achievement and success currently assigned to American educational policies and mandated practices in our classrooms and schools. JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own thoughts! —If you’re reading this entry [...]
Categories: Building Relationships & Community, Education Reform, Teachers & Teaching, Thinking Developmentally |
Tags: achievement gap, Courage to Teach, Education Reform, Educators for Social Responsibility, No Child Left Behind, Open Circle, Parker Palmer, Responsive Classroom approach, schools and democracy, Second Step, test scores, whole child, whole school, whole teacher | 2 Comments »
Posted by Chip on August 26, 2011
I’m pleased to announce that registration is now open for a new one-day child development workshop offered by Northeast Foundation for Children (developers of the Responsive Classroom® approach). It’s called Child Development Matters, and I’ll be presenting the first session on November 1st on the UMASS Boston Campus. JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question [...]
Categories: Teachers & Teaching, The Responsive Classroom® approach, Thinking Developmentally |
Tags: child development, child development workshop, Northeast Foundation for Children, Responsive Classroom approach | 4 Comments »
Posted by Chip on June 6, 2011
Two more great pieces of writing appeared recently in Education Week. One is Joan F. Goodman’s Commentary (May 25th) “When Students Are Silenced.” The other is Alisha Coleman-Kiner’s online Commentary (May 26th) “Leading with Love at Booker T. Washington.” JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own thoughts! —If you’re reading this [...]
Categories: Education Reform, Teachers & Teaching, The Responsive Classroom® approach, Thinking Developmentally |
Tags: Alisha Coleman-Kiner, Booker T. Washington High School, Developmental Designs, Education Reform, Joan F. Goodman, moral education, Obama commencement address, Responsive Classroom approach, student agency, Tools of the Mind | Post a Comment »
Posted by Chip on January 14, 2011
We come to the eve of our national holiday that honors the greatest American voice for nonviolence, justice, and reconciliation ever heard in our land. It has been forty-three years since his assassination at the age of thirty-nine. JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own thoughts! —If you’re reading this entry [...]
Categories: Building Relationships & Community, Education Reform, Teachers & Teaching, The Responsive Classroom® approach |
Tags: civil society, civility, Gabrielle giffords, Martin Luther King Jr., nonviolence, Responsive Classroom approach, Ruth Sidney Charney, Teaching Children to Care | Post a Comment »
Posted by Chip on July 8, 2010
A number of studies in early childhood classrooms have documented that “self-regulation predicts academic performance in first grade, over and above cognitive skills and family background.” (Examples of these studies: Blair, 2002; Farran, 2010; McClelland, M. M.; Piccinin, A., & Stallings, M. C., 2010; Raver & Knitzer, 2002). JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question [...]
Categories: Education Reform, Managing Behavior, Social & Emotional Learning, The Responsive Classroom® approach, Thinking Developmentally |
Tags: bullying, Developmental Designs, Developmental Studies Center, Managing Behavior, Open Circle, Responsive Classroom approach, social-emotional development, social-emotional learning, Tools of the Mind | 2 Comments »
Posted by Chip on May 11, 2010
Standing up with self-control is the final of the five key CARES skills underlying Responsive Classroom practice that help build positive proactive attributes in children both socially and academically. The other four are cooperation, assertion, responsibility and empathy. JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own thoughts! —If you’re reading this entry [...]
Categories: Building Relationships & Community, Managing Behavior, The Responsive Classroom® approach |
Tags: Building Relationships & Community, bullying, cooperation, Managing Behavior, peer pressure, Responsive Classroom approach, self-control, social skills, social-emotional learning | 1 Comment »
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