Smaller Learning Community Contacts & Research 
QUESTION:  What research needs to be understood for SCHOOL REDESIGN? 

ANSWER:  The following terms are used consistently in the research literature and are terms from the SLC grant.  Each term has been linked to a dynamic search to provide the latest research published in professional journals.  What is in the news?  
  
Community School Change
     Community Based Projects
     Service Learning
Curriculum Change
     Constructivism
     Problem Based Learning
     Collaborative Learning
     Integrative Technology
     Active Learning
     Alignment with Standards
Teacher-Student Relationship Change
     Personalized Learning
School Culture Change
     Cultures of Inquiry
     Professional Cultures
     Learning Communities
Teacher Relationship Change
      Collegial Relationships
      Action Research Teams
      Inquire Research 
      Teacher Leadership
Teacher Leadership - Communities of Practice by Etienne Wenger (Find copy in the AT PRC)
    
Teacher Leader 
by Roland S. Barth
    
Teacher Talk that Makes a Difference
by Garmston & Wellman 
    
Sharing the Lead
by Patterson & Patterson
     The Power of the Teacher Leadership by Berry, Johnson, & Montgomery
     Leadership from Lasting Reform
by Linda Lambert
Governance (Administrative Change)
      Administration-Houses
      SLCLB
      Citizens Advisory Board
      School Teams
Structural Change
     House Structures
     Schedule Fluidity

Research in Colorado/ Chicago/ North West Regional Lab

Other print sources...

  Required reading:
Education Leadership May 2004 Volume 61

 

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