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Cracker Jacks: “Finding the Prize” Inside Each Adolescent Learner
The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas
  • Cheryl Ellerbrock, University of South Florida
  • Michael DiCicco, Northern Kentucky University
  • Jennifer M. Denmon, University of South Florida
  • Erin Parke, University of South Florida
  • Sarah Mead, University of South Florida
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2016
Keywords
  • Care,
  • adolescent-centered community of care,
  • teacher-student relationships,
  • student-student relationships,
  • middle schools,
  • high schools
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1080/00098655.2016.1235955
Disciplines
Abstract

The purpose of this manuscript is to highlight several practical classroom examples of asset-driven acts of reciprocal care and content-driven community builders and icebreakers that highlight ways to “find the prize” inside each student by fostering an adolescent-centered community of care that is committed to both relationships and academics.

Citation / Publisher Attribution

The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, v. 90, issue 1, p. 26-29

Citation Information
Cheryl Ellerbrock, Michael DiCicco, Jennifer M. Denmon, Erin Parke, et al.. "Cracker Jacks: “Finding the Prize” Inside Each Adolescent Learner" The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas Vol. 90 Iss. 1 (2016) p. 26 - 29
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/cheryl-ellerbrock/15/