2004/03/01 by Alan H. Schoenfeld, ALAN H. SCHOENFELD · 1 citation
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Education and Critical Thinking Development #Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods #Reflective Practices in Education
paper · doi:10.1080/0022027032000145561
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Fostering a Community of Learners (FCL) exemplifies a class of pedagogical approaches aimed at having students become reasoners and sense‐makers in various content domains. While the pedagogical practices among these approaches vary to some degree, they tend to overlap in philosophy and general pedagogical style. Hence issues confronted by those attempting to implement FCL will be confronted by those hoping to implement similar activities. The three‐level commentary in this paper begins with specific reactions to the preceding papers, which focused on attempts to implement FCL in different content areas. It continues with a discussion of what counts in FCL: for example, is it a set of participant structures such as jigsawing, or a set of underlying principles? It concludes with a discussion of systemic issues that will be faced by any pedagogical approach focusing on having students engage in reasoning and sense‐making in the classroom.