Reconnect : building school culture for meaning, purpose, and belonging / Doug Lemov [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lemov, Doug, 1967- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School environment--United States.

School environment.

Public schools--United States.

Public schools.

Belonging (Social psychology)--United States.

Belonging (Social psychology).

Social learning--United States.

Social learning.

Affective education--United States.

Affective education.

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--Influence.

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 pages)

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : Jossey-Bass, [2023]

Summary:

"The book begins by defining the problem: The (screen) epidemic-fed-pandemic has students struggling without a sense of belonging and community. Therefore, a good school should set out to rebuild a sense of community for its students. Adults and school systems communicate belonging, but peer-to-peer interactions are perhaps most important. Schools must have a theory about what peer-to-peer interactions most affect students' sense of belonging, and they must be willing to play an active role in shaping it. However, belonging' involves both respect for individual identity but also a shared sense of group identity. This attitude is increasingly at odds with how we see society-it defends individual rights, but it has less and less of a sense of collective obligation. Shared values define us and build academic rigor. There is a hidden curriculum that schools teach. Good schools teach intellectual virtues, moral virtues, civic virtues and performance virtues. Teaching students how to be successful contributors to shared endeavor and community how to be connected to things that are greater than the sum of the individual parts is essential to making productive and happy citizens. Reconnect provides practical solutions for rebuilding community, structure, and a sense of belonging in schools"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Introduction: What's the Problem?

A Pandemic Within an Epidemic

Loss of Faith in Institutions

The Tension Between Individualism and Belonging

We're Optimistic, Actually

Notes

Chapter 1 How We're Wired Now

Argument One: The Imperative of Belonging

Small Moments and the Gestures of Belonging

Flow and Its Role in Belonging

Argument Two: Schools and the Smartphone Epidemic

A Generation Both Connected and Isolated

Combating the Smartphone Epidemic

Argument Three: Schools Must Rebuild Faith in Institutional Viability and Reliability

A Village Emerges

Chapter 2 A Great Unwiring

Pluses and Minuses

Network Effects and Zoom

Access for Parents

Access for Students

Managing the Downside

Yes, It Can Be Done

Knowledge (of the Why) Is Power

The Why, Part 1: The Attention Problem

The Why, Part 2: An Anxiety Machine

The Why, Part 3: A Single Phone Affects Everyone

Building in the Antidote

Chapter 3 Rewiring the Classroom: Teaching That Amplifies the Signals of Belonging

His Students Are So Motivated

"Snaps If You Agree"

We Call This "Props"

"Habits of Attention": The Hidden Power of Students Tracking Each Other

Getting Started with Habits of Attention

Habits of Discussion: Talking to, Not Past, Each Other

The Tools in Synergy

Yes, But How Do I Do That?

Habits of (Littler) Discussions

It Might Get Loud: Adding Turn and Talk and Call and Response

Means of Participation Makes "How to Participate" Transparent

Active Observation: Hidden Driver of Relationships

Putting It All Together

Summary: Techniques That Amplify Belonging

Coda: Orderly Classrooms Are Caring Classrooms

Notes.

Chapter 4 Wiring the School for Socioemotional Learning

Start with Virtues

Knowledge, Perception, and Reasoning

Build Them into the Fabric of Your School

The Case for Gratitude and Resilience

Building Resilience

How a Moment Becomes a Mechanism for Development

Visual Culture

The Mechanisms of Wiring

Arrival

Meals

Hallways

Strategic Intervention

Chapter 5 Case Studies in the Process of Rewiring

Leadership for Community and Belonging

Start with a Clear Model

A Culture of Connection and Belonging Will Require Constant Attention

Preparing for When It Breaks Down

Preparing for Breakdown, Part One: To Teach Well You Need a Curriculum

Lessons from the Field

Preparing for Breakdown, Part 2: Teachers Need Training

Private Deaning in Six Steps

Closing: Deaning for Connection and Belonging

Afterword: How We Choose

Index

EULA.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-119-73998-5

OCLC:

1341268688