Narratives in the Making : : Teaching and Learning at Corktown Community High School / / Mary Beattie.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Beattie, Mary,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (192 p.)

At Corktown Community High School in Toronto, importance is placed on the education of the whole person. An alternative secondary school, it emphasizes the development of self-knowledge and responsiveness to others, creative and critical thought, and connectedness through the self, the school community, and society. Narratives in the Making is based on a research project carried out at the school as part of a large scale national research study, The Exemplary Schools Project. Corktown (a pseudonym) was selected as a participant in this study because of its unusually high rate of student retention, student engagement, achievement, and success.Using narrative accounts of classroom and school practices, profiles of teachers and students, and language that is accessible to both practitioners and academics, Mary Beattie provides insights and explanations of the meaning of success as it is understood by Corktown teachers, students, parents, alumni, and school administrators. She shows how the whole person concept is incorporated into the school environment, and why relationships are at the heart of teaching and learning.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Origins: Context, Culture, Community -- 2. Education Is a Holistic Endeavour: Corktown - A Community High School -- 3. Relationships as a Context for Learning -- 4. Living and Learning: The School Is a Learning Community -- 5. Independence and Interdependence in the School Community -- 6. Educating Global Citizens: Developing Connections and Commitment to Self, School, and Community -- 7. The Research Study -- Appendix 1. Evidence of Success and Achievement of Corktown's Students in the 1993-1994 School Year -- Appendix 2. Toronto School Board Survey: Every Secondary Student 1991 -- Appendix 3. Key Facts -- Notes -- References -- Index