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The Nurturing Establishment: Gathering Children and Parental/Carer Views of Their Experiences of a Nurturing Establishment
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Maura Kearney; Alison Crawford; Cath Jennings; Jenni Kerr; Alison Woods – International Journal of Nurture in Education, 2020
Glasgow City Council has stated its aspiration to move 'Towards the Nurturing City' where all establishments have implemented a whole school nurturing approach. This paper seeks to document the experiences of children and parents/carers, captured through semi-structured questionnaires in focus groups, in 'nurturing establishments'. Nineteen…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Childrens Attitudes, Caring, Focus Groups
Conviviality, Ego, Team and Theme Behavior in Transrational Peace Education
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Dietrich, Wolfgang – Journal of Peace Education, 2019
The Innsbruck School of Peace Studies is known for its innovative academic teaching methods under the title Transrational Peace Philosophy. This essay introduces the epistemological fundament of this approach to peace education. It presents the didactic principles for its "Strategic Capacity and Relationship Building," combined with…
Descriptors: Peace, Self Concept, Teaching Methods, Educational Philosophy
Dialogic Group Coaching--Inspiration from Transformative Mediation
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Alrø, Helle; Dahl, Poul Nørgård – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present an approach to group coaching in the workplace that can enhance shared learning in groups and teams through dialogue as opposed to group members' individual positioning through discussion and debate. Design/methodology/approach: An action research project conducted throughout one year in…
Descriptors: Groups, Coaching (Performance), Work Environment, Action Research
Bearing the Weight: Discomfort as a Necessary Condition for "Less Violent" and More Equitable Dialogic Learning
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Brooks, Julia G. – Educational Foundations, 2011
In this paper, the author seeks to initiate a conversation about the discomfort that can emerge and the violence that might possibly take place in the "critical", dialogic, and justice-oriented Foundations of Education classroom between students and instructors when all are invited to negotiate "the necessary conditions" for learning. Believing…
Descriptors: Instruction, Outcomes of Education, Time Perspective, Reflective Teaching
Relationships between Climate, Process, and Performance in Continuous Quality Improvement Groups
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Wilkens, Roxanne; London, Manuel – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2006
This study examined relationships between group climate (participants' learning orientation, feelings of psychological safety, and self-disclosure), process (feedback and conflict), and performance in continuous quality improvement groups. Forty-nine participants in eight hospital groups were surveyed as the groups neared completion. Groups were…
Descriptors: Classification, Interviews, Self Disclosure (Individuals), Feedback
DYNAMICS OF TASK AND PROCESS--THE CLASSROOM AS SOCIAL ORGANISM.
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KOFF, ROBERT H. – 1967
A THEORETICAL PARADIGM FOR ANALYZING THE DYNAMICS OF TASK AND PROCESS COMPONENTS OF GROUP LIFE AS THEY ARE RELATED TO THE MANIFOLD FORCES OPERATIVE IN THE CLASSROOM IS PRESENTED. PUPILS ARE VIEWED AS MEMBERS OF A PREDOMINANTLY WORK-ORIENTED CULTURE--THE CLASSROOM. WITHIN THIS CULTURE, TWO KINDS OF CONFLICT-PRODUCING DEMANDS TO WHICH PUPILS MUST…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Conflict Resolution, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics