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Using Circle Practice in the Classroom
Circle discussions foster community and intimacy in a classroom, and can serve academic and social and emotional purposes.
Dialogue Circles and Positive Classroom Culture
As an element of restorative justice, dialogue circles foster a safe space for open discussion.
Social Emotional Learning Activities: Classroom Circles | Resilient Educator
Restorative practices are helping schools move away from punitive practices to more therapeutic practices for everything from behavioral issues to counseling and treating trauma to classroom management. Circle talks have become a staple of the restorative classroom, lowering suspensions in favor of social-emotional learning strategies to foster student, teacher, and family relationships. Why circles? When a student is in trouble, they often find themselves speaking to an adult sitting across a desk. This transmits a signal of authority from the adult and can put the child on the defensive. In class, the norm is often students sitting in rows with an authoritative teacher standing in front of them; and school can be rife with power struggles, with the adult seen as the moral authority. Circles remove the unnerving concepts of authority and punishment and physically open up participants to face one another without barriers. "Classroom circles support the two main goals of restorative
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