Caring Community of Learners Assignment

Throughout this course and throughout the remainder of your degree program you will study strategies aimed at making your center, school, program or classroom an effective learning environment for those children in your care. While there are many pieces to this puzzle, one of the keys to being effective in creating a caring community of learners. This community is where both children and adults alike “engage in warm, positive relationships, trust each other with respect, and learn from and with each other” (Bredekamp, 2017, p. 240). The research connecting effective classrooms and schools/centers to a caring community of learners is strong, which is why this discussion is so important.

To prepare for this discussion, read chapters 5 and 8 of the Bredekamp text, view The Pyramid Model. (Links to an external site.)

For your initial post:

• Analyze why according to Bredekamp (2017) “Teachers today report that more children are exhibiting challenging behaviors than in the past” (p. 241). Why do you feel this might be true? What factors account for this perception?
• Describe the relationship between behavior, self-concept, self-esteem, and self-efficacy. How are they interconnected?
• Explain how your understanding of this interconnectedness helps you more effectively create a caring community of learners. Provide at least two examples and support your explanation with your text and at least one scholarly resource (Links to an external site.).
• Propose at least one strategy you will use in your classroom, school or center that incorporates each of the four levels on The Teaching Pyramid (figure 8.1). Support this portion of your discussion with your text. Get Social Science help today