Secondary School Topic
10-second review: What is meant by a “community” in the classroom? “I understood community as interdependent, with each member doing whatever she could to help other members achieve success.”
Source: T Perry. English Journal (January 2005), 89. A publication of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE).
Comment: It seems that the author, in making a class a community, is ignoring the strong drive for competition that is a part of American communities and capitalist culture. I’m just being crabby. You learn to work together and how to disagree and cooperate. If you have ever had the experience of the entire class’s working together as a community on a problem or project, you will never forget it. It is a thrilling moment in teaching. RayS.
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