Article
Building a Classroom Community that Supports Students’ Social/Moral Development
Teacher Education Quarterly
(2019)
Abstract
This article contains four parts. It begins with a description of the Child Development Project, a research project aimed at discovering ways to integrate a focus on students’ social and moral development in elementary schools. Then we describe the project’s mixed results in helping teachers successfully apply its approach to classroom management, called Developmental Discipline. Next, the successful use of Developmental Discipline by one teacher, Laura Ecken, is described, along with the gradual moral and academic growth of her students. Lastly, faculty from two teacher preparation programs describe their use of Laura’s example to support their students’ ability to manage their classrooms in ways that foster social/moral and academic growth.
Disciplines
Publication Date
Fall 2019
Citation Information
Marilyn Watson, Lana Daly, Grinell Smith and Colette Rabin. "Building a Classroom Community that Supports Students’ Social/Moral Development" Teacher Education Quarterly Vol. 46 Iss. 4 (2019) p. 10 - 30 ISSN: 07375328 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/colette_rabin/68/