Facilitating interpersonal relationships in the classroom : the relational literacy curriculum / Diane Salmon, Ruth Ann Freedman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salmon, Diane.

Contributor:

Freedman, Ruth Ann.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social skills--Study and teaching (Elementary).

Social skills.

Social learning.

Physical Description:

xxi, 178 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Relational literacy curriculum

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2002.

Summary:

Presents the Relational Lit. Curriculum, & shows how it can aid teachers in dealing w/various social conflicts among elem. school children in a fashion that allows students to grow from relational challenges. The curriculum takes an approach to social /P>

Contents:

1 Relationships: Why Study Them in the Elementary Classroom? 1

Mark's Story: One Child's Social Conflict 1

A Teacher's Story: One Teacher's Response to Social Conflict 5

What Is Relational Literacy? 7

Values and Commitments in the RLC 9

Overview of the RLC 10

The Basic Cycle 10

The Contextualizing Cycle 11

2 A Conceptual Framework for the Relational Literacy Curriculum 13

Understanding the Curricular Goals 14

Rethinking Social Problem Solving 17

Patterns of Relating and the Dialectic Tensions 23

3 The Relational Literacy Curriculum Discussion Process: Exploring How It Works 27

Developing RLC Stories 28

Relevance of the Story 29

Language 29

Story Complexity 29

Dialectic Tensions as the Basis for Conflict in the RLC Stories 29

Judgment-Acceptance 30

Expressive-Protective 32

Independence-Dependence 34

Instrumentality-Affection 37

Reflecting on RLC Discussions 39

The Basic Discussion 39

Elements of a Good Discussion 41

Anticipating Child Explanations 43

Reflecting on Teacher Prompts 49

4 Role Playing in the Relational Literacy Curriculum / Christopher J. Fogartaigh 56

Purposes of the RLC Role Play 57

RLC Role Play Goals 59

A Developmental Framework for Conceptualizing the Role Play 61

Phase 1 Role Taking-Stereotyping Range 61

Phase 2 Role Playing-Imitative Range 66

Phase 3 Role Creating-Creative Range 75

Summary of the Developmental Phases 77

5 Shifting Responsibility Within the Relational Literacy Curriculum: Making Conceptual Connections 83

Building a Conceptual Framework 84

Defining the Four Tensions With the Children 85

Writing Their Own Stories 85

Concept Mapping of Key Terms 86

Exploring the Dialectic Tensions 86

Why Make the Tensions Explicit? 86

Aren't the Tensions Too Difficult for Children to Comprehend? 86

How Can the Children Really Use These Concepts to Think About Their Interactions? 87

Story Sorting Task 87

Vocabulary-Story Matching Activity 92

Engaging Children in Writing Their Own RLC Stories 97

Judgment-Acceptance 98

Independence-Dependence 98

Expressive-Protective 99

Instrumentality-Affection 100

Connection Making and Concept Mapping 100

Friendship Is Like a Rubberband 101

6 Working With Children's Real Conflicts 106

Levels of Relationships Within the Classroom 108

Tensions Between Individuals and Groups (Levels 1 & 4) 108

Changing Relationships (Levels 2, 3, & 4) 113

Changing Relationships Within the Community (Levels 2 & 5) 118

Choosing Problems to Address 122

Who Needs to Be Involved? 124

Variations in the RLC Process With Real Conflict 125

7 Making It Your Own: Professional Development and the Relational Literacy Curriculum 128

The Action Frameworks of the RLC 129

The Action Frameworks and Teacher Learning 132

Revisiting the Values and Commitments of the RLC 133

Revisiting the Meaning of Relational Literacy 135

Appendix B The Discussion Process 145

Appendix C The Role Play Process 161

Appendix D Reflections and Connections 165

Appendix E Real Conflict 172.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-140) and indexes.

ISBN:

0805837647

0805837655

OCLC:

46713146