C-Successful Learning Environments.

1. Affect

a) feeling of success

b) support

c) appreciation

d) recognition

e) alive

f) laughter

g) visible signs of learning

2. Values

a) Acceptance of difference

(1) language use

(2) beliefs

(3) values

b) Critical awareness

(1) political consciousness

(2) understanding of schooling

(3) relation of personal, family, societal goals

c) Learning as a process

(1) sense making

(2) student directed

(3) affective

(4) holistic

(5) experiential

(6) time to build

(7) revision

(8) space as well as time frame

(9) open-ended

(10) complex problems

(11) alternate conceptions

(12) visible strategies

3. Participants

a) Students

(1) taking responsibility

(2) making decisions

(3) initiating inquiry

(4) self-initiated learning

b) Teachers

(1) as co-workers

(2) as coaches

(3) as helpers

c) Parents

d) Collaboration

(1) flexible roles

(2) with other students

(3) with teachers

(4) with members of the larger community

4. Environment

a) Integration

(1) projects

(2) theme studies

(3) R/W across the curriculum

b) Language use

(1) evolving

(2) allied with life

(3) teacher excitement

c) Sharing

(1) in & beyond the classroom

(2) drama

(3) publishing

(4) real audiences

d) Purposes

(1) personal

(2) shared with students and teacher

(3) community

(4) outcomes

5. Resources

a) texts

(1) variety of genres, topics, difficulty levels

(2) student selected

(3) authentic

b) in the community

c) technology for meaningful purposes