• 1. Lessons about Learning as a Community ; Part 1: Origins, Principles, and Structure of a Community of Learners ; Constructing Ourselves: The Beginning of an Evolving Philosophy ; An Orientation to Principles-in-Action ; Seeing the Big Picture ; Part 2: How Is This a Community? ; A Home and School Community ; Coming Home to School ; Setting the Scene: Coordinating a Classroom Community ; The Classroom Community "in Control" ; Part 3: Children Learning in a Community ; Creating Curriculum with Children ; Caring Conversations ; Respect from Respect ; "What about Sharing?" ; Learning to Manage Time ; Helping Children Learn to Make Responsible Choices ; Part 4: Teachers Learning about Teaching Children in a Community ; Teaching by Learning from Children ; Risking Saying "I Don't Know" ; A New Teacher Learning to Share Responsibility with Children ; Part 5: Parents Learning Principles of Children's Learning in a Community ; Becoming a Cooperative Parent in a Parent Co-operative ; Kindergarten, Again ; Parents' Learning about Children's Learning ; Becoming an Adult Member in a Community of Learners ; Part 6: Teachers Learning about Parent Learning in a Community ; Qualifying to Help People Learn: Becoming a Beginner ; A New Teacher Learning to Share Responsibility with Parents ; A Teacher Learning about Adult Learning ; Part 7: Communities Learning Together, Creating Learning Communities ; Teachers Learning Together in Forming a Learning Community ; Decision Making in a Learning Community ; OC Teachers Take Their Learning to Other Schools ; Never-Ending Learning

"Clearly presented and well-written, open to both general and specialist readers... Taking the full message of this book on board is not only a challenge to schooling but also to parenting and the wider society."--Professor Hazel Francis, Institute of Education, University of London"Clearly presented and well-written, open to both general and specialist readers... Taking the full message of this book on board is not only a challenge to schooling but also to parenting and the wider society."--Professor Hazel Francis, Institute of Education, University of London