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Papers by Fran Toomey

Research paper thumbnail of Community-Centered Learning: A Model for Creating a Thinking Community

The development of Community-Centered Learning (CCL), an approach to using the classroom as a com... more The development of Community-Centered Learning (CCL), an approach to using the classroom as a community, is described, with the writer's experiences in using the model in three classes over a semester. A community is regarded as a group of people who share common goals and traditions, who realize their interdependence, and who strive to care for one another. In CCL the dimensions that structure the organization and operation of the classroom community are roles, rules, and rewards. The roles described by R. von Oech are expanded to result in classroom roles of conductor, explorer, artist, judge, and crusader. Rules for CCL are built on dialogue, problem solving, and practice. Rewards in CCL are those of the student's own recognition of achievement and growth. The application of the model in the writer's sophomore, junior, and graduate classrooms Is described; and the difficulties are explored. One figure and five tables illustrate the model. (Contains 31 references.) (SLD)

Research paper thumbnail of Learnership/Leadership Model: "Travelling into the 21st Century

An abstract is presented for an interactive workshop in which participants solve problems in grou... more An abstract is presented for an interactive workshop in which participants solve problems in groups to learn, practice, and integrate the Learnership/Leadership Model. Learning and leading are critical for future success in educational and industrial organizations as many have expressed, including, but not limited to, C. Argyris, W. Bennis, M. Senge, and Weisbord. The Learnership/Leadership Model is built on the concepts of development and interdependence. Development suggests that individuals can only change at their own pace, and organizations can only change as individuals change. Interdependence recognizes that success is dependent on a dialectic process between schools and workplaces, learning and leading. The Learnership/Leadership Model incorporates the contributions of both education and industry and integrates these contributions into a strategy for preparing today's students and workers to be tomorrow's learners and leaders. Four exhibits illustrate the concepts. (Contains 21 references.) (Author/SLD)

Research paper thumbnail of Community-Centered Learning: A Model for Creating a Thinking Community

The development of Community-Centered Learning (CCL), an approach to using the classroom as a com... more The development of Community-Centered Learning (CCL), an approach to using the classroom as a community, is described, with the writer's experiences in using the model in three classes over a semester. A community is regarded as a group of people who share common goals and traditions, who realize their interdependence, and who strive to care for one another. In CCL the dimensions that structure the organization and operation of the classroom community are roles, rules, and rewards. The roles described by R. von Oech are expanded to result in classroom roles of conductor, explorer, artist, judge, and crusader. Rules for CCL are built on dialogue, problem solving, and practice. Rewards in CCL are those of the student's own recognition of achievement and growth. The application of the model in the writer's sophomore, junior, and graduate classrooms Is described; and the difficulties are explored. One figure and five tables illustrate the model. (Contains 31 references.) (SLD)

Research paper thumbnail of Learnership/Leadership Model: "Travelling into the 21st Century

An abstract is presented for an interactive workshop in which participants solve problems in grou... more An abstract is presented for an interactive workshop in which participants solve problems in groups to learn, practice, and integrate the Learnership/Leadership Model. Learning and leading are critical for future success in educational and industrial organizations as many have expressed, including, but not limited to, C. Argyris, W. Bennis, M. Senge, and Weisbord. The Learnership/Leadership Model is built on the concepts of development and interdependence. Development suggests that individuals can only change at their own pace, and organizations can only change as individuals change. Interdependence recognizes that success is dependent on a dialectic process between schools and workplaces, learning and leading. The Learnership/Leadership Model incorporates the contributions of both education and industry and integrates these contributions into a strategy for preparing today's students and workers to be tomorrow's learners and leaders. Four exhibits illustrate the concepts. (Contains 21 references.) (Author/SLD)

Research paper thumbnail of Learnership/Leadership Model: "Travelling into the 21st Century

An abstract is presented for an interactive workshop in which participants solve problems in grou... more An abstract is presented for an interactive workshop in which participants solve problems in groups to learn, practice, and integrate the Learnership/Leadership Model. Learning and leading are critical for future success in educational and industrial organizations as many have expressed, including, but not limited to, C. Argyris, W. Bennis, M. Senge, and Weisbord. The Learnership/Leadership Model is built on the concepts of development and interdependence. Development suggests that individuals can only change at their own pace, and organizations can only change as individuals change. Interdependence recognizes that success is dependent on a dialectic process between schools and workplaces, learning and leading. The Learnership/Leadership Model incorporates the contributions of both education and industry and integrates these contributions into a strategy for preparing today's students and workers to be tomorrow's learners and leaders. Four exhibits illustrate the concepts. (Contains 21 references.) (Author/SLD)

Research paper thumbnail of Teachers' Perceptions of Their Undergraduate and Graduate Preparation

Teacher Education and Special Education, 1989

Review of the literature related to the preparation of educators and their performance in the cla... more Review of the literature related to the preparation of educators and their performance in the classroom presents a gloomy image of teaching as an occupa-tion, the state of current pedagogical practices, and the outcomes of current school practices (Carnegie Forum on Education ...

Research paper thumbnail of Community-Centered Learning: A Model for Creating a Thinking Community

The development of Community-Centered Learning (CCL), an approach to using the classroom as a com... more The development of Community-Centered Learning (CCL), an approach to using the classroom as a community, is described, with the writer's experiences in using the model in three classes over a semester. A community is regarded as a group of people who share common goals and traditions, who realize their interdependence, and who strive to care for one another. In CCL the dimensions that structure the organization and operation of the classroom community are roles, rules, and rewards. The roles described by R. von Oech are expanded to result in classroom roles of conductor, explorer, artist, judge, and crusader. Rules for CCL are built on dialogue, problem solving, and practice. Rewards in CCL are those of the student's own recognition of achievement and growth. The application of the model in the writer's sophomore, junior, and graduate classrooms Is described; and the difficulties are explored. One figure and five tables illustrate the model. (Contains 31 references.) (SLD)

Research paper thumbnail of Learnership/Leadership Model:" Travelling into the 21st Century.".

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Research paper thumbnail of Community-Centered Learning: A Model for Creating a Thinking Community

The development of Community-Centered Learning (CCL), an approach to using the classroom as a com... more The development of Community-Centered Learning (CCL), an approach to using the classroom as a community, is described, with the writer's experiences in using the model in three classes over a semester. A community is regarded as a group of people who share common goals and traditions, who realize their interdependence, and who strive to care for one another. In CCL the dimensions that structure the organization and operation of the classroom community are roles, rules, and rewards. The roles described by R. von Oech are expanded to result in classroom roles of conductor, explorer, artist, judge, and crusader. Rules for CCL are built on dialogue, problem solving, and practice. Rewards in CCL are those of the student's own recognition of achievement and growth. The application of the model in the writer's sophomore, junior, and graduate classrooms Is described; and the difficulties are explored. One figure and five tables illustrate the model. (Contains 31 references.) (SLD)

Research paper thumbnail of Learnership/Leadership Model: "Travelling into the 21st Century

An abstract is presented for an interactive workshop in which participants solve problems in grou... more An abstract is presented for an interactive workshop in which participants solve problems in groups to learn, practice, and integrate the Learnership/Leadership Model. Learning and leading are critical for future success in educational and industrial organizations as many have expressed, including, but not limited to, C. Argyris, W. Bennis, M. Senge, and Weisbord. The Learnership/Leadership Model is built on the concepts of development and interdependence. Development suggests that individuals can only change at their own pace, and organizations can only change as individuals change. Interdependence recognizes that success is dependent on a dialectic process between schools and workplaces, learning and leading. The Learnership/Leadership Model incorporates the contributions of both education and industry and integrates these contributions into a strategy for preparing today's students and workers to be tomorrow's learners and leaders. Four exhibits illustrate the concepts. (Contains 21 references.) (Author/SLD)

Research paper thumbnail of Community-Centered Learning: A Model for Creating a Thinking Community

The development of Community-Centered Learning (CCL), an approach to using the classroom as a com... more The development of Community-Centered Learning (CCL), an approach to using the classroom as a community, is described, with the writer's experiences in using the model in three classes over a semester. A community is regarded as a group of people who share common goals and traditions, who realize their interdependence, and who strive to care for one another. In CCL the dimensions that structure the organization and operation of the classroom community are roles, rules, and rewards. The roles described by R. von Oech are expanded to result in classroom roles of conductor, explorer, artist, judge, and crusader. Rules for CCL are built on dialogue, problem solving, and practice. Rewards in CCL are those of the student's own recognition of achievement and growth. The application of the model in the writer's sophomore, junior, and graduate classrooms Is described; and the difficulties are explored. One figure and five tables illustrate the model. (Contains 31 references.) (SLD)

Research paper thumbnail of Learnership/Leadership Model: "Travelling into the 21st Century

An abstract is presented for an interactive workshop in which participants solve problems in grou... more An abstract is presented for an interactive workshop in which participants solve problems in groups to learn, practice, and integrate the Learnership/Leadership Model. Learning and leading are critical for future success in educational and industrial organizations as many have expressed, including, but not limited to, C. Argyris, W. Bennis, M. Senge, and Weisbord. The Learnership/Leadership Model is built on the concepts of development and interdependence. Development suggests that individuals can only change at their own pace, and organizations can only change as individuals change. Interdependence recognizes that success is dependent on a dialectic process between schools and workplaces, learning and leading. The Learnership/Leadership Model incorporates the contributions of both education and industry and integrates these contributions into a strategy for preparing today's students and workers to be tomorrow's learners and leaders. Four exhibits illustrate the concepts. (Contains 21 references.) (Author/SLD)

Research paper thumbnail of Learnership/Leadership Model: "Travelling into the 21st Century

An abstract is presented for an interactive workshop in which participants solve problems in grou... more An abstract is presented for an interactive workshop in which participants solve problems in groups to learn, practice, and integrate the Learnership/Leadership Model. Learning and leading are critical for future success in educational and industrial organizations as many have expressed, including, but not limited to, C. Argyris, W. Bennis, M. Senge, and Weisbord. The Learnership/Leadership Model is built on the concepts of development and interdependence. Development suggests that individuals can only change at their own pace, and organizations can only change as individuals change. Interdependence recognizes that success is dependent on a dialectic process between schools and workplaces, learning and leading. The Learnership/Leadership Model incorporates the contributions of both education and industry and integrates these contributions into a strategy for preparing today's students and workers to be tomorrow's learners and leaders. Four exhibits illustrate the concepts. (Contains 21 references.) (Author/SLD)

Research paper thumbnail of Teachers' Perceptions of Their Undergraduate and Graduate Preparation

Teacher Education and Special Education, 1989

Review of the literature related to the preparation of educators and their performance in the cla... more Review of the literature related to the preparation of educators and their performance in the classroom presents a gloomy image of teaching as an occupa-tion, the state of current pedagogical practices, and the outcomes of current school practices (Carnegie Forum on Education ...

Research paper thumbnail of Community-Centered Learning: A Model for Creating a Thinking Community

The development of Community-Centered Learning (CCL), an approach to using the classroom as a com... more The development of Community-Centered Learning (CCL), an approach to using the classroom as a community, is described, with the writer's experiences in using the model in three classes over a semester. A community is regarded as a group of people who share common goals and traditions, who realize their interdependence, and who strive to care for one another. In CCL the dimensions that structure the organization and operation of the classroom community are roles, rules, and rewards. The roles described by R. von Oech are expanded to result in classroom roles of conductor, explorer, artist, judge, and crusader. Rules for CCL are built on dialogue, problem solving, and practice. Rewards in CCL are those of the student's own recognition of achievement and growth. The application of the model in the writer's sophomore, junior, and graduate classrooms Is described; and the difficulties are explored. One figure and five tables illustrate the model. (Contains 31 references.) (SLD)

Research paper thumbnail of Learnership/Leadership Model:" Travelling into the 21st Century.".

... Record Details - ED362570. Title: Learnership/Leadership Model: "Travelling into... more ... Record Details - ED362570. Title: Learnership/Leadership Model: "Travelling into the 21st Century.". Full-Text Availability Options: ... Click on any of the links below to perform a new search. Title: Learnership/Leadership Model: "Travelling into the 21st Century.". ...