Reflective professional development: Creating a caring classroom community
Reflective professional development: Creating a caring classroom community
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Issue Date
2020-03-14
Authors
Havenstein, Rebecca
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Abstract
This professional development (PD) focused on learning, implementing, and reflecting upon language/communication changes to determine if they aided in the creation of a caring classroom community. The primary participant in this study was me with assistance provided by mentor teachers and students. The intervention focused on three communication/language changes incorporated into interactions with students. Personal journals were kept tracking goal language/communication, steps the researcher took, reflections on encounters and feedback received from others. Findings showed language/communication changes aided in the creation of a caring classroom community.
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professional development , language , language change , personal journals
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States , openAccess