Creating Community in Teacher Education Classes with Hogwarts-style "Houses"

The author successfully implemented the "House" system in a university social studies methods class and reports on the positive results that ensued. Students reported a sense of unity, camaraderie, identity, and closeness that was missing in many of their other classes. The House assignmen...

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Published inThe Clearing house Vol. 92; no. 6; pp. 246 - 251
Main Author Gandy, S. Kay
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington Routledge 02.11.2019
Taylor & Francis Inc
Subjects
Assignments
Communities of Practice
community
Competition
Higher education
House Plan
House system
identity
Leadership
Methods Courses
Preservice Teacher Education
Professional Identity
Sense of Community
Social Studies
Social studies education
Teacher education
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Summary:The author successfully implemented the "House" system in a university social studies methods class and reports on the positive results that ensued. Students reported a sense of unity, camaraderie, identity, and closeness that was missing in many of their other classes. The House assignments and competitions are described, as well as ideas for other ways to use the House system.
ISSN:0009-8655
1939-912X
DOI:10.1080/00098655.2019.1679071