The Foxfire Approach : Inspiration for Classrooms and Beyond /
The Foxfire Approach : Inspiration for Classrooms and Beyond /
Hilton Smith, J. Cynthia McDermott.
- 1 online resource.
- Educational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2005-2017, ISBN: 9789004394001 .
- Educational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2005-2017, ISBN: 9789004394001. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material / No Inert Learning Accepted at Foxfire! / The Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center / Sound Reasoning / Nurturing Civic Involvement / Experiential Education / Looking Home to Find My Way Forward / We Are Foxfire / Core Practices in Use / Foxfire and the Community / From Rabun County to Yonji County / Foxfire Goes to University / Administrative Support for the Foxfire Approach to Teaching and Learning / The Foxfire Course for Teachers / From Active Learning to Activist Learning / Project Based Learning, a Center for Design Class and Foxfire / Foxfire as a Need-Satisfying, Non-Coercive Process / Eliot Wigginton’s Relational Pragmatism / Research / Some Concluding Thoughts / Contributors / Hilton Smith and J. Cynthia McDermott -- J. Cynthia McDermott and Hilton Smith -- Barry Stiles -- George Reynolds -- Gregory A. Smith -- Clifford E. Knapp -- Lacy Hunter Nix -- Joy Phillips -- Sara Alice Tucker -- Katie Lunsford -- Sara G. Lam -- Jan Buley -- Edd Diden -- Kiel Harell -- Janet E. Rechtman -- Keith Phillips -- J. Cynthia McDermott -- Frank Margonis -- Steven R. Williams and Wilma Hutcheson-Williams -- George Wood -- Hilton Smith and J. Cynthia McDermott.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
This collection of essays by Foxfire practitioners represents the wide range of adaptations by educators of the pedagogical orientation of the Foxfire Magazine and Foxfire Programs for Teachers. Former students in the magazine class at Rabun County High School share the continuing impact of that experience on their lives, including a former student who is pioneering the magazine project with her sixth grade class. An early childhood teacher make a passionate, articulate case for instruction guided by the Foxfire Core Practices. And a former school administrator shares his experiences as guidance to current school administrators in enabling then supporting teachers to implement instruction guided by Foxfire’s Core Practices. Participants in Foxfire’s Program for Teachers, from early childhood teachers to college professors, describe their adaptations of the Foxfire Approach for instruction at all grade levels, all subjects and all demographics—including how they coped with the challenges they faced. One practitioner describes how she used the Core Practices to design instruction in rural China. We have an engaging essay focused on our summer courses for teachers, based on extensive observations and interview of participants attending those courses. Several essays explore the pedagogical roots of the Foxfire Approach, as well as its value in providing instruction today which engages the students in the content and results in durable learning. Readers can read straight through the book, beginning with a short historical introductory essay, or skip around to topics of interest to assemble an informed assessment of the potential of the Foxfire Approach.
9789463005647
10.1007/978-94-6300-564-7 DOI
Active learning.
Foxfire Fund.
Experiential learning.
Education.
Activity programs in education.
LB1027.23
371.39
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material / No Inert Learning Accepted at Foxfire! / The Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center / Sound Reasoning / Nurturing Civic Involvement / Experiential Education / Looking Home to Find My Way Forward / We Are Foxfire / Core Practices in Use / Foxfire and the Community / From Rabun County to Yonji County / Foxfire Goes to University / Administrative Support for the Foxfire Approach to Teaching and Learning / The Foxfire Course for Teachers / From Active Learning to Activist Learning / Project Based Learning, a Center for Design Class and Foxfire / Foxfire as a Need-Satisfying, Non-Coercive Process / Eliot Wigginton’s Relational Pragmatism / Research / Some Concluding Thoughts / Contributors / Hilton Smith and J. Cynthia McDermott -- J. Cynthia McDermott and Hilton Smith -- Barry Stiles -- George Reynolds -- Gregory A. Smith -- Clifford E. Knapp -- Lacy Hunter Nix -- Joy Phillips -- Sara Alice Tucker -- Katie Lunsford -- Sara G. Lam -- Jan Buley -- Edd Diden -- Kiel Harell -- Janet E. Rechtman -- Keith Phillips -- J. Cynthia McDermott -- Frank Margonis -- Steven R. Williams and Wilma Hutcheson-Williams -- George Wood -- Hilton Smith and J. Cynthia McDermott.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
This collection of essays by Foxfire practitioners represents the wide range of adaptations by educators of the pedagogical orientation of the Foxfire Magazine and Foxfire Programs for Teachers. Former students in the magazine class at Rabun County High School share the continuing impact of that experience on their lives, including a former student who is pioneering the magazine project with her sixth grade class. An early childhood teacher make a passionate, articulate case for instruction guided by the Foxfire Core Practices. And a former school administrator shares his experiences as guidance to current school administrators in enabling then supporting teachers to implement instruction guided by Foxfire’s Core Practices. Participants in Foxfire’s Program for Teachers, from early childhood teachers to college professors, describe their adaptations of the Foxfire Approach for instruction at all grade levels, all subjects and all demographics—including how they coped with the challenges they faced. One practitioner describes how she used the Core Practices to design instruction in rural China. We have an engaging essay focused on our summer courses for teachers, based on extensive observations and interview of participants attending those courses. Several essays explore the pedagogical roots of the Foxfire Approach, as well as its value in providing instruction today which engages the students in the content and results in durable learning. Readers can read straight through the book, beginning with a short historical introductory essay, or skip around to topics of interest to assemble an informed assessment of the potential of the Foxfire Approach.
9789463005647
10.1007/978-94-6300-564-7 DOI
Active learning.
Foxfire Fund.
Experiential learning.
Education.
Activity programs in education.
LB1027.23
371.39