Tribe

“a group of people often

of related families who live
together, share the same
language, culture, and
heritage—especially those
who do not live in towns or
cities.”
 TRIBES LEARNING COMMUNITIES
• Tribes process is to develop a positive environment that
promotes human growth and learning.
• A way of interacting, communicating, teaching, and
learning in groups
• It promotes competency, intellectual, and higher order
learning and thinking.
 HISTORY OF TRIBES
Developed by Jeanne Gibbs the late 1970’s when concerned
educators in California, were seeking ways …
• to prevent substance use and abuse, and other behavioural
problems
• to demonstrate improvement in academic test scores, and
• to stem the tide of teachers leaving the profession.
The Mission(aim)
• healthy development of every child

The Goal
• To create a learning community
 Jeanne Gibbs (1929 - 2016)

“If a person does not feel included, he/she

will create his/her own inclusion by
grabbing influence, attracting attention,
creating a controversy, demanding power or
taking control.” Jeanne Gibbs, Tribes(1987)
An example of such behaviour is often displayed by Wasif
 Student Learning and Development
(Re-Focusing)

“Unless reform is child centred, children

and society alike are going to be hurt – are being hurt.”
– James Comer
 A Caring Culture
(Re-Culturing)

“It is only by re-culturing a school beforehand or

along with any restructuring effort that meaningful
improvement can be made.”
– Michael Fullan

• A basis of the four agreements

Tribes Agreements
 The Community of Learners
(Re-Structuring)

“..school reform must seek to develop communities of learning..”

– Linda Darling-Hammond
 Responsive Education
(Active Learning)

“……….learners need to be empowered to think and

learn for themselves. Thus, learning needs to be conceived
of as something a learner does, not something that is done
to a learner.”
– Catherine Fosnot
 Student
Development
and
Learning
References
• Gregory, G H., (2016). Teacher as activator of learning. Thousand Oaks, Corwin
• Tribes Learning Community., (© 2018). Components of Tribes TLC[online]. Tribes
Learning Community. [Viewed 09 October 2018]. Available from:
http://tribes.com/about/research-based-components/
Questions?