Jean gibbs biography

What is Tribes?

Tribes is a process that fosters the development of collaborative and academic skills by creating a caring environment and delivering curriculum content in an active and student centred manner.

The purpose of the Tribes process is to assure the healthy development of every child so that each one has the knowledge, skills and resiliency to be successful in a rapidly changing world.

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Tribes is a process that was developed first in the �s by Jeanne Gibbs. Over the years, there have been several editions of her original book, with the latest edition Reaching All by Creating Tribes Learning Communities,published in the summer of to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Tribes process.

In her books, Jeanne Gibbs carefully describes the stages of evolution a group progresses through as individuals come together to learn and work collaboratively. Ms Gibbs gives teachers a clear and practical description of how to facilitate the group process.