How can we involve students in classroom decisions? What difficulties might arise? What benefits can we expect? This important collection addresses these questions by bringing together for the first time accounts from teachers who have introduced shared decision-making with students. The book describes the rationale for process syllabuses, which aim to provide a structure for negotiation. It provides actual examples from primary, secondary, tertiary and teacher education from a wide range of contexts - including Europe, the USA, South America, and Asia. The collection focuses on practice and provides a framework for teachers to experiment in their own classrooms.
The book describes the rationale for classroom negotiation and is accessible to practitioners.
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'I feel sure that the principles set out by the many contributors make it a valuable addition to my library. Classroom Decision-Making has given me new insights into my current teaching practice.' Modern English Teacher
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Classroom Decision-Making provides and accessible description of the rationale for classroom negotiation.
Contributors vii Acknowledgements x Introduction and overview 1(4) The significance of negotiation 5(34) Michael P. Breen Andrew Littlejohn Part 1 Accounts of practice in primary and secondary schools 39(94) Overview 39(5) Negotiated evaluation in a primary ESL context 44(11) Anne MacKay Kaye Oates Yvonne Haig Negotiating assessment with secondary-school pupils 55(8) Kari Smith Introducing negotiation processes: an experiment with creative project work 63(20) Ramon Ribe `We do what we like: negotiated classroom work with Hungarian children 83(11) Marianne Nikolov Is a negotiated syllabus feasible within a national curriculum? 94(14) Pnina Linder Refining negotiated classroom work in a Spanish secondary school 108(25) Isabel Serrano-Sampedro Part 2 Accounts of practice in tertiary institutions 133(72) Overview 133(5) Negotiation in tertiary education: clashes with the dominant educational culture 138(12) Stefaan Slembrouck Syllabus negotiation in a school of nursing 150(13) Elaine Martyn Negotiating the syllabus: learning needs analysis through pictures 163(13) Eddie Edmundson Steve Fitzpatrick Reality therapy: using negotiated work in a technical-writing class 176(9) Wendy Newstetter Negotiation of outcome: evaluation and revision decisions in the writing curriculum 185(10) Margaret Sokolik Learners, practitioners, teachers: diamond spotting and negotiating role boundaries 195(10) Lucy Norris Susan Spencer Part 3 Accounts of practice in teacher education 205(67) Overview 205(4) A process syllabus in a methodology course: experiences, beliefs, challenges 209(14) Suzanne Irujo Discourse, process and reflection in teacher education 223(10) Michael McCarthy Michael Makosch Negotiation, process, content and participants experience in a process syllabus for ELT professionals 233(15) Roz Ivanic Negotiation as a participatory dialogue 248(24) Kate Wolfe-Quintero 272(1) Conclusions 272(24) The practicalities of negotiation 272(24) Michael P. Breen Andrew Littlejohn References 296(9) Index 305
