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Learning in small moments : life in an urban classroom
- Title
- Learning in small moments : life in an urban classroom / Daniel R. Meier ; foreword by Deborah Meier.
- Author
- Meier, Daniel R.
- Publication
- New York : Teachers College Press, ©1997.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | LB1025.3 .M45 1997 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiv, 162 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- A chronicle of the ups-and-downs of two young first-grade teachers in an urban public school. Through their recollections, memories and excerpts from journals and student work, they show that the heart of teaching and learning is tied to the overall quality of human interaction in the classroom.
- Series Statement
- The practitioner inquiry series
- Uniform Title
- Practitioner inquiry series.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Case studies
- Case studies.
- Études de cas.
- Contents
- Foreword / Deborah Meier -- Preface -- Prologue / John Sierra -- The First day -- setting the tone -- Settling in -- curriculum and classroom organization -- Astronauts and hammerhead spaceships -- getting to know students -- Rhythm -- the art of classroom discipline -- A Sense of belonging -- diversity and community-building -- Halloween -- teaching today's children -- Our families -- a new parent-teacher relationship -- New beginnings -- teaching and making changes -- Robert -- lessons from a child -- "Am I going to repeat?" -- testing and teaching -- "You're looking like a little kid" -- toward a sense of closure -- The Last day -- reflections on 181 days -- Afterword.
- ISBN
- 0807736279
- 9780807736272
- 0807736260
- 9780807736265
- 9780807776186
- 0807776181
- LCCN
- 96040291
- OCLC
- ocm36130662
- 36130662
- SCSB-8900081
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library