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Tables of Contents for Discovering Gifts in Middle School
Chapter/Section Title
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Acknowledgements
9
2
Here We Are
11
1
Viewpoint
12
3
Caught in the Middle
15
8
What gifts are they seeking?
16
2
The shared mission and goal of Tribes Learning Communities
18
1
Student failure is about schools failing
19
2
What a middle level school should not be... and should be
21
2
Getting to Know You
23
10
Perpetuating a pattern
24
1
Looking at the big picture of human development
25
2
The characteristics of young adolescents
27
3
The path to success
30
3
Meeting Them Where They Are
33
14
A responsive scenario to meet student needs
34
2
Changing our viewpoint
36
1
The tasks of early adolescence
37
1
Chart: How the Process of Tribes Learning Communities Supports Early Adolescent Development
38
4
Chart: Skills for the 21st Century
42
1
Better schools just for getting jobs?
43
1
A Tale of Two Sisters
44
3
Assuring Futures of Promise
47
12
The attributes of resiliency
49
1
Creating Resilient Systems by Engaging the Developmental Wisdom of Adolescence
50
9
A Culture for Growing Early Adolescents
59
12
The critical paradox
60
3
The developmental process of Tribes Learning Communities
63
2
The importance of a safe and caring culture
65
1
The components of a positive school culture
66
2
Why Tribes for Middle Schools?
68
3
Creating the Learning Community
71
20
The meaning of community
73
2
Structuring community
75
1
Tribes is a process?
76
1
The Tribes community agreements
77
3
Stages of group development
80
2
Map: The Tribes Trail
82
7
Building Bridges Between Nations
89
1
Community
90
1
Learning About Learning
91
16
The volatile mismatch
92
2
How the human brain constructs knowledge
94
2
The Biology of Adolescent Learning
96
1
The value of group discourse
97
1
Chart: The Principles of Student-Centered Active Learning
98
1
Research-based teaching boosts test scores
99
1
Letting go and moving on to group learning
100
2
Creating an active learning classroom
102
2
Chart: A Contrast of Paradigms: traditional schooling and responsive education
104
1
Identifying the gifts of multiple intelligences
105
1
Will You Teach Me?
106
1
Initiating Responsive Education
107
22
Social and emotional intelligence supports academic learning
109
1
The benefits of learning through cooperation
110
2
Responsive education
112
1
Chart: Stages Toward Excellence Through Group Learning
113
3
The first stage---the Tribes community circle
116
3
Defining community agreements
119
4
Building collaborative skills through stages of group development
123
2
Asking reflection questions
125
2
Encouraging appreciation
127
1
Learning All Together
127
2
Building Small Groups for Growth and Learning
129
26
Sociometry made easy--how to build Tribes
132
2
The first days of using Tribes
134
2
Facilitating the process
136
6
Chart: Group Issues in Tribes
142
3
The stage of influence
145
2
Decision-making and problem solving
147
4
Setting goals and making individual contracts
151
1
Every Day is Discovery for Special Needs Learners
152
3
Reaching and Teaching Responsively
155
24
Responsive education in middle level schools
157
1
Chart: Supporting the Developmental Tasks of Young Adolescents
158
1
The effectiveness of cooperative learning
159
3
Designing and facilitating cooperative learning
162
2
Constructive thinking skills
164
1
Collaborative social skills
165
3
Reaching students of multiple learning styles
168
1
Chart: Multiple Intelligences Ideas
169
3
Accountability and assessment
172
1
Implementing a Tribes learning experience
173
3
Appreciative inquiry
176
1
Discovering Unexpected Gifts
177
2
Learning Through Discovery
179
20
Discovery is something a learner does
180
2
Recovering a way of learning
182
1
Making a mind shift
183
2
What is Discovery Learning with Tribes?
185
1
The Five E's group learning format
185
1
Conceptual clusters and polar conflicts
186
5
Summary of the Discovery Learning steps
191
1
Tribes Discovery Learning is the How to Meet the What of Standards
192
2
In a Discovery Learning classroom
194
5
Leading the Learning Community
199
24
Why education? Are we missing its real purpose?
200
1
The shared practice of reflection
201
1
Democratic leadership
202
1
Teachers in reflective practice
203
3
Sustaining the Process---Building District-Wide Capacity
206
2
Parents in reflective practice
208
1
Students in reflective practice... to discover their gifts
208
1
A culture of social equity and fairness
209
6
Chart: Matrix for Achieving Equity in Classrooms
215
1
Finding fairness through authentic assessment
216
1
Take Care How You Measure A Child
216
4
A District Story---Creating a Caring Community
220
2
Bringing it all together
222
1
Learning Strategies
223
168
Overview
224
4
Learning Strategies Matrix
228
7
Strategies
235
148
Energizers
383
8
Resources
391
16
The History of Tribes and Tribes TLC®
393
2
Fact Sheet on Tribes TLC®
395
1
Results Reported by Tribes Schools
396
1
Research Triangle Institute Study
397
2
The Impact of Group Processing
399
2
Initiating Classroom Parent Tribes
401
1
Tribes TLC® Learning Experience Form
402
1
Assessment Forms for Student Use
403
4
Appendix
407
30
Notes and References
409
14
Bibliography
423
8
Tribes Professional Development
431
3
Descriptions of the Tribes TLC® Materials
434
2
Tribes TLC® Materials Order Form
436
1
Index
437
4
About the Author
441