Discovering Gifts in Middle School: Learning in a Caring Culture Called Tribes

by Jeanne Gibbs

Book Overview

This new book motivates and supports middle level schools to make the full range of young adolescents’ developmental growth and learning needs the over-riding focus of the whole school community. The... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0932762506
• ISBN13: 9780932762504
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Centersource Systems
• Length: 441 Pages
• Weight: 2.27 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Discovering Gifts in Middle School: Learning in a Caring Culture Called Tribes

The author starts out by describing common problems and concerns of middle school students and then gives solutions to build a caring community in your classroom. There are lots of activities to use, giving any teacher something that would work with their personality and environment. I would recommend this book to new or veteran middle school teachers that want to improve the culture of their classroom.

Tribes rocks!

I run an after school program in the middle school; and this book has helped us build a positive, safe, and enjoyable place for students to go.

A great resource for brain-based educators

I purchased this book after attending an inservice seminar on brain based education. The middle school team that I work with has implemented this resource into all or our classrooms. If you are new to the idea of not just putting students into groups but having them work cooperatively and learn to work as a team then the first half of this book will be an excellant resource. The second half of the book has great activites that will help you develop this approach in your classroom. The activities suggested work well because they build on one another so that ultimatley you can have your students working together, sharing their ideas, and building up one another. This is a great book!