Sentences with phrase «classroom norms facing»

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While we urge you to consider the language and expectations that are most appropriate for your classroom context, in the appendix of this lesson, we have provided ideas of the kinds of class norms Facing History teachers have used to support a reflective classroom community.

Facing History teachers have found that establishing and nurturing classroom norms of respect and openmindness is one way to help students have productive, safe conversations about these concepts.

But even with access to technology and Internet connectivity, many schools still use an antiquated classroom model designed when factory work was the norm for most Americans — dozens of students in a room together, seated in rows facing the teacher, learning the same concept at the same time from a textbook that may be years out of date.

We believe that a Facing History and Ourselves classroom is in many ways a microcosm of democracy — a place where explicit rules and implicit norms protect everyone's right to speak; where different perspectives can be heard and valued; where members take responsibility for themselves, each other, and the group as a whole; and where each member has a stake and a voice in collective decisions.