The latest edition of Reaching All by Creating Peace Learning Circles is redesigned and refreshed to make it even more easy to use by educators in schools and organizations. Peace Learning Circles (PLCircles) strategies aim to create learning environments that are caring, inclusive, and welcoming to all. Centered on the principles of cooperative learning, Reaching All by Creating Peace Learning Circles is a valuable resource with informative research on teaching and learning, as well as developmentally appropriate activities for small and large groups to encourage relationship building and collaborative work. 

PLCircles is aligned with the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) and is recognized as a CASEL SELect program. The PLCircles agreements, reflection activities, and learning experiences have been designed to build relationships, and improve academic performance and school climate. This new version includes updated charts, graphics, and tools that reflect current educational research on culturally responsive teaching, the science of learning and development, and whole child education.

Book Title: Reaching All by Creating Peace Learning Circles

Author: Jeanne Gibbs

Editor: Dr. Shaila Mulholland

Publisher: Peace Learning Center 2024

Pages: 353

ISBN: 979-8-218-52967-3

About the Author:

Jeanne Gibbs spent her professional career studying, writing, and implementing systemic processes and programs to support children's development and prevent youth problems. Her perspective on human development is a systems approach that encourages schools, families, and communities to create healthy environments in which children can grow and learn. The developmental culture and educational process now known as Peace Learning Circles evolved out of years of studies Jeanne pursued to synthesize a wealth of literature pertaining to the ecology of human development and learning. She is convinced that wellbeing and success for students are not the result of curriculum, instruction, and assessment, nor of intelligence, but rather the result of a school finally focusing on the growth and holistic development of its students in all aspects of their individual uniqueness and brilliance. The vision takes on reality whenever a school system focuses first on creating and sustaining a caring culture in which children truly are able to discover themselves and succeed. It is no surprise that people across many countries know Jeanne for her warm and generous spirit, and her ability to build community wherever she goes.