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Creating a Caring High School Environment by Utilizing a Common Visual Language

Creating a Caring High School Environment by Utilizing a Common Visual Language

Virginia Marie Incao-Rogers
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 23
ISBN13: 9781522557487|ISBN10: 1522557482|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781522587668|EISBN13: 9781522557494
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5748-7.ch011
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Incao-Rogers, Virginia Marie. "Creating a Caring High School Environment by Utilizing a Common Visual Language." Creating Caring and Supportive Educational Environments for Meaningful Learning, edited by Kisha Daniels and Katrina Billingsley, IGI Global, 2019, pp. 199-221. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5748-7.ch011

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Incao-Rogers, V. M. (2019). Creating a Caring High School Environment by Utilizing a Common Visual Language. In K. Daniels & K. Billingsley (Eds.), Creating Caring and Supportive Educational Environments for Meaningful Learning (pp. 199-221). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5748-7.ch011

Chicago

Incao-Rogers, Virginia Marie. "Creating a Caring High School Environment by Utilizing a Common Visual Language." In Creating Caring and Supportive Educational Environments for Meaningful Learning, edited by Kisha Daniels and Katrina Billingsley, 199-221. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5748-7.ch011

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Abstract

This chapter will provide a rationale for the importance of implementing a caring culture in the school community, as well as using instructional tools to provide a high level of instruction and care. A summation of ethics theorist Nel Nodding's work is presented to the reader as evidence and motivation for embracing the caring model as an invaluable component of teaching. In conjunction with Nel Nodding's care theory, the author will expand on thinking maps research to demonstrate how thinking maps supports an ethics of care in the classroom, while deepening student learning, enhancing critical thinking skills, and promoting creative thought. Thinking maps are a set of visual tools for supporting instructional practices and improving student performance. It is a language of eight visual patterns each based on a fundamental thinking process. When an educator utilizes this research-based tool, consistently and purposefully in the classroom, the leader is cultivating user independence and fostering a nurturing environment for his/her students.

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