Thoughts on Leadership
Building Relationships
Reciprocal Learning
Reflection
Fitting the R's Together
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In this model, teachers are isolated in their classrooms and told what to teach and how to teach it. (Lorton, 1975)
What is the factory model? (page 9)
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Building healthy and powerful relationships on early childhood programs is an _____ process. They don't happen accidentally or automatically.
What is intentional? (page 19)
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It is this _____ venture in creating something together that allows for meaningful reciprocal learning to take place.
What is cooperative? (page 42)
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Is reflection always critical and practice always reflective?
What is no? page 60
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These are the additional 3 r's that the author feels are important so individuals can be fully present in relationships.
What are re-creation, restoration and reformation?
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This philosophy emphasizes the importance of students and teachers co-constructing knowledge rather than passively receiving it.
What is the Constructivist Philosophy? (page 11)
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These are the 4 key relationships to set the tone of the school.
What are child:child, child:teacher, staff: families, teacher: teacher (page 28)
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If we are focused on the content and what needs to be taught, we miss out on _________
What our students are thinking and how they are learning? (page 43)
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Reflection becomes critical when it has these 2 primary functions.
What are understanding problems and questioning underlying assumptions? (page 60)
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It is in the creating of new possibilities rather than succumbing to the tensions of current realities that take leadership thinking to this level.
What is leadership action? page 74
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Leadership from a Constructivist position is not about control or power, status or position and is not tied to roles and possibilities. Instead leadership is tied to ______.
What is practice? (page 11)
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These 2 things cannot develop unless people have an opportunity to get to know each other.
What are trust and respect? (page 30)
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The kind of relationships that lead to reciprocal learning and reflection are based on this.
What is common purpose? page 74
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This term connotes that one can know something again.
What is re-cognition? Rinaldi, 2006 (page 61)
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Solidarity of purpose and like passions lead to these things.
What is reciprocal learning and critical reflection about professional practice? (page 74)
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When individuals construct knowledge collectively and collaboratively, this type of leadership occurs.
What is broad-based leadership? (page 16)
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This is one of the greatest struggles school personnel have.
What is getting families engaged in the educational process? (page 32)
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If we don't enter into these with our students, we can't engage in _______ .
What is reciprocal learning? (page 43)
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Teachers do this in isolation and in relationships when they are thinking about ideas.
What is reflection? (page 62)
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When a task is accomplished, everyone can say, "We have done it ourselves." as a result of ______ as discussed in this book.
What is leadership? (page 75)
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Lambert's idea of broad based school leadership says that it needs to be embedded into the school community as a whole. This in turn, suggests a _______ responsibility for ______ purposes of community.
What are shared and shared? page (14)
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Relationships of the individuals within a program impact these 4 things.
What are teacher knowledge, student learning, program effectiveness and leadership? (page 33)
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When both child and teacher are colearning, this takes place.
What is reciprocal learning? (page 44)
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The process of documentation can be the means for these 2 things.
What are rethinking and transforming practice? (page 65)
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When this type of thinking produces this type of action, teacher knowledge increases, student learning is enhanced and overall program effectiveness is strengthened.
What is leadership thinking and leadership action? (page 74)
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