SYNERGY-NET on http://www.wiredbrain.net/

RE: Web portfolio: One student, in one group, in one class
at SYNERGY-NET on http://emporium.turnpike.net/~pflaump/ then
/ADMIN/  for example of Group/Portfolio method. ( collaborative,
independent, active learning - learning to learn in action )

The workbook of activities is "Applied Social Relations" by Dr.
Peter E. Pflaum ( American Heritage - Custom Publishing Group
Electronic Bookshelf - Forbes ) ISBN 0-8281-0647-9 includes 15
topics and methods. 1.) Feeling Empathic recall, peak experience
2.) Personality types, styles, temperament 3.) Creativity - ruts
4.) Systems Thinking 5.) Innovation - blocks, change 6.)
Motivation, values 7.) Goals, the lifeboat 8.) Growing up -
socialization, class, race, gender 9.) Deviance / prejudice;
belonging, Climate, Roles 10.) Human Potential - Maslow and
Covey, self-anchoring scale 11.) Attitudes - family values
Listening to yourself and others 12.) Religion Johary Windows
communications  13.) Education, winning, assertiveness training
14.) Expectations - conflict, dialogues 15.) Institutions -
quality, X, Y, Z theory.

The student reads a textbook, (A) and we do 12 class activities (
summaries on site as class01.txt etc.) The group does up to 15
activities (B) in workbook ( topic above ) and each student does
a journal each week (C) that makes the connections on each theme
for the units above. Each part (A, B, C) count 2 point if good -
1.5 = fair 1 = some hope .5 something = 6 per unit plus 2 bonus
for getting it all together = possible 8 per unit for 100 point
total = possible A if the quality of the final presentation (
portfolio ) is good. ( 80 = B etc) The students spend the whole
term in their groups. 

Materials in workbook include:

RE: Books and materials

Bennett, William John "The De-valuing of America New York Summit
     Books 1992
Johnson D.W., Johnson R., & Smith "Cooperative Learning"
     Cooperation and Competition, Theory and Reasearch, Edina, MN
     Interaction Book Co. (1989)
James D. McHolland, "Human Potential Seminar"
      (2527 Hasting Ave, Evanston Il 60201 (312) 869-1435)
Gregoric "An Adults Guide to Style"
Keirsey Temperament Sorter :  Keirsey, David.         
     TITLE :  Portraits of temperament EDITION:  1st ed. 
     PUBLISHED :  Del Mar, Calif. : Prometheus Nemesis Book
     Company, 1987.
     "Humankind" becoming Human
     Myers-Briggs Types
Applied Skills Series "Creative Problem solving"  CMA Publishing,
     4638 J.C. Nichols Parkway,
     Suite 224, Kansas City Missouri 64112, 1979, How Creative   
     are You? Nation's Business, 93-95, 97-101
Human Relations Training, Applied Skills Training Series, CMA
     Publishing, 4638 J.S. Nichols Parkway, Suite 224, Kansas
     City Mo 64112 
"Learning from Conflict" Lois B. Hart, A Handbook for Trainers,  
Addison-Wesley (1981)
Maslow, National Training Center Higher Reaches of Human
     Motivation
Covey, S.R. "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People"
     Record (1991), Covey Leadership Center PO BOX 19008, Provo,
     UT, 84605-9925 1-800-655-6839 Tapes and materials
Listening: The forgotten Skill, Burney-Allen, John Wiley
     & Sons (1982)
Assertiveness Training, The Relaxation & Stress Reduction
     Workbook, New Harbinger Publications, 2200 Adeline,
     Suite 305, Oakland CA 94607
People Skills, Robert Bolton  (Prentice-Hall) 1979
Wallace, Anthony F.C "The Death and Rebirth of the Seneca,"  New
     York Vintage Books 1972
Deming, W. E.  (1986).  Out of the Crisis.  Cambridge, MA:
         Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Fiske, Edward B. Smart Schools, Smart Kids, Why Do Some Schools
     Work  (Simon & Schuster, New York 1991)
Reich, Robert B. The Work of Nations: preparing ourselves for the
     21 st Century capitalism (New York, A.A. Knopf 1991)
     The Next American Frontier(New York, Times Books, 1983)
Senge, P.M. The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the
     Learning  Organization (New York, Doubleday 1990)
Sergiovanni, T.J. Moral Leadership, Getting to the Heart of
      School Improvement(San Francisco Jossey-Bass 1992)
     and Moore, J.H. Schooling for Tomorrow(Boston: Allyn &
     Bacon) 1989

** Peter E. Pflaum Ph.D. , Headmaster GLOBAL_VILLAGE_SCHOOLHOUSE 
225 Robinson Road, New Smyrna Beach, FL 32169-2176 (904) 428-9609 
                pflaump@sprynet.com
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