It Takes Many Villages to Build a World:
Habits of Community

 1. We see ourselves as contributing members of many communities - including a global community.

 2. We want to respond to both local and global needs.

 3. We believe in teaching people how to fish instead of giving them fish.

 4. We take responsibility for our own learning and the learning of our community.

 5. We accept each person where he or she is.

 6. We respect each individual, community and culture and adapt ourselves, our methods and our technology to honor who they are.

 7. We learn to celebrate the small steps in our learning.

 8.  We understand all students come to school with a culture, with knowledge, with unique gifts of individuality, and with contributions to make to the learning community.

 9. We understand that learning makes a difference in the world, and therefore the learning process includes making differences with what we are coming to know.

 10. We understand that we - both teachers and students - are all learners together. We ourselves and our  communities thrive when we have opportunities to share what we are learning.

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The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank
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Written in conjunction with I*EARN (International Education and Resource Network), USA

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