Fostering Communities of Learning in Two Portuguese Pre-School Classrooms Applying the Movimento da Escola Moderna (MEM) Pedagogy

Autor/inn/en	Folque, Maria Assuncao; Siraj-Blatchford, Iram
Titel	Fostering Communities of Learning in Two Portuguese Pre-School Classrooms Applying the Movimento da Escola Moderna (MEM) Pedagogy
Quelle	In: International Journal of Early Childhood, 43 (2011) 3, S.227-244 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0020-7187
DOI	10.1007/s13158-011-0047-5
Schlagwörter	Communities of Practice; Video Technology; Learning Activities; Learning Strategies; Classroom Environment; Children; Instruction; Models; Young Children; Preschool Children; Preschool Education; Early Childhood Education; Interviews; Group Activities + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community; Lernaktivität; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Child; Kind; Kinder; Teaching process; Unterrichtsprozess; Analogiemodell; Frühe Kindheit; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Gruppenaktivität
Abstract	This article reports upon a Portuguese pedagogical model, where children engage with the teacher in planning and assessment during routine activities like "Council Meetings", "Communication Time," and using specific tools such as an "Activities Chart" and a "Diary." The article questions how these processes generate a community of practice in "learning to learn" with children aged 3-6. The study developed a theoretical framework using socio-cultural theory where action is mediated through the use of artefacts/tools and the communities' social structures: roles, rules, division of labor, and access to resources (Lave and Wenger 1991). This literature was complemented by a study of the children's "learning to learn" which provided a focus on specific learning objects (meta-learning and learning dispositions such as learning orientation). Two pre-school classrooms were studied over 1 year using observations, video recordings, interviews with teachers and children, and analysis of two piloting tools: the "Diary" and the "Activity Chart." Both classrooms provided "communities of learning" where children were encouraged to self-regulate their learning and engage in collaborative activities, transforming their leading activity from playing with others to learning with others (Siraj-Blatchford 2007). Despite these general results, each classroom produced a distinctive learning culture rooted in the individual teachers' knowledge and control of the classroom community and interactions. (Contains 6 figures.) (As Provided).
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