Author: David W. Johnson Publisher: Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development ISBN: Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 124
Book Description
The book is addressed to classroom teachers interested in beginning to use cooperative learning or increasing the quality of their current efforts.
Author: Robyn M. Gillies Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 0387708928 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 277
Book Description
Cooperative learning is widely endorsed as a pedagogical practice that promotes student learning. Recently, the research focus has moved to the role of teachers’ discourse during cooperative learning and its effects on the quality of group discussions and the learning achieved. However, although the benefits of cooperative learning are well documented, implementing this pedagogical practice in classrooms is a challenge that many teachers have difficulties accomplishing. Difficulties may occur because teachers often do not have a clear understanding of the basic tenets of cooperative learning and the research and theoretical perspectives that have informed this practice and how they translate into practical applications that can be used in their classrooms. In effect, what do teachers need to do to affect the benefits widely documented in research? A reluctance to embrace cooperative learning may also be due to the challenge it poses to teachers’ control of the learning process, the demands it places on classroom organisational changes, and the personal commitments teachers need to make to sustain their efforts. Moreover, a lack of understanding of the key role teachers need to play in embedding cooperative learning into the curricula to foster open communication and engagement among teachers and students, promote cooperative investigation and problem-solving, and provide students with emotionally and intellectually stimulating learning environments may be another contributing factor. The Teacher's Role in Implementing Cooperative Learning in the Classroom provides readers with a comprehensive overview of these issues with clear guidelines on how teachers can embed cooperative learning into their classroom curricula to obtain the benefits widely attributed to this pedagogical practice. It does so by using language that is appropriate for both novice and experienced educators. The volume provides: an overview of the major research and theoretical perspectives that underpin the development of cooperative learning pedagogy; outlines how specific small group experiences can promote thinking and learning; discusses the key role teachers play in promoting student discourse; and, demonstrates how interaction style among students and teachers is crucial in facilitating discussion and learning. The collection of chapters includes many practical illustrations, drawn from the contributors’ own research of how teachers can use cooperative learning pedagogy to facilitate thinking and learning among students across different educational settings.
Author: Wendy Jolliffe Publisher: SAGE ISBN: 1446225119 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 144
Book Description
′What is cooperative learning? Why should teachers use it in the classroom? What are the benefits? In eight accessible chapters, Wendy Jolliffe, lecturer in primary education at Hull University, outlines the theory and practice of cooperative learning and shows how the "outcomes and aims of Every Child Matters (2004) can be clearly mapped to the advantages of cooperative learning."... A useful resource for teachers, headteachers, trainee teachers and support staff′ - Learning and Teaching Update Cooperative Learning is about structuring lesson activities to encourage pupils to work collaboratively in pairs or small groups to support each other to improve their learning. This inclusive approach to teaching is very much in tune with current initiatives such as Every Child Matters and Excellence and Enjoyment and the focus on learning styles. This book is an accessible guide to implementing cooperative learning in the classroom. It includes: " an explanation of the key factors that make cooperative learning work " a step-by-step approach to implementing cooperative learning in the classroom " advice on how to measure the effectiveness of cooperative learning " guidance for using cooperative learning to encourage effective talk " links to supporting children′s emotional intelligence " ideas for practical activities " an action plan and programme for whole school professional development The book is an invaluable resource for individual teachers using cooperative learning techniques in classrooms, this book will also be of interest to headteachers, trainee teachers and learning support staff.
Author: Paul J. Vermette Publisher: Prentice Hall ISBN: 9780132063920 Category : Group work in education Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Using a very interactive, hands-on approach that captures the essence of how a stimulating and active Cooperative Learning classroom operates, this text guides students through the concepts and steps necessary to develop and implement a successful Cooperative Learning strategy K-12. Comprehensive in approach, it provides a broad, accessible review of the research base; offers a new, simplified model for teachers to use when implementing team learning; provides an exceptionally wide range of examples of successful lessons at every grade level and in all subject areas; and features an abundance of activities and classroom tasks that require students to actively solve problems, make decisions and think critically about Cooperative Learning programs.
Author: John D. Strebe Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1351713957 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 158
Book Description
Motivate your students and create an engaging classroom environment with the time-tested strategies in this book. Drawing on over 35 years of experience, author and consultant John D. Strebe offers a wealth of advice for teachers who want to encourage collaboration and team learning among students of all grade levels. This expanded second edition includes activities and examples across the subject areas, as well as new reproducible tools for classroom use. Topics include... Building enthusiasm and increasing student development with games, mini competitions, and team projects. Implementing new seating arrangements that promote discussion and participation. Keeping students engaged during lectures and presentations. Facilitating group work by organizing students into teams based on academic skills and personal traits. And more! John D. Strebe taught secondary mathematics for 38 years in the Maryland public schools. He conducts workshops for teachers across the country, providing instruction on setting up a cooperative and engaging classroom.
Author: Ben Dyson Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1136478221 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 202
Book Description
Cooperative Learning is a dynamic instructional model that can teach diverse content to students at different grade levels, with students working together in small, structured, heterogeneous groups to master subject content. It has a strong research tradition, is used frequently as a professional development tool in general education and is now emerging in physical education. This book defines Cooperative Learning in physical education and examines how to implement Cooperative Learning in a variety of educational settings. It explores Cooperative Learning in physical education from three main perspectives. The first, context of learning, provides descriptions of Cooperative Learning in different levels of education (elementary school, secondary school, and university physical education). The second, Cooperative Learning in the curriculum, offers case studies from teachers and researchers of their experiences of implementing Cooperative Learning within their own national context. The third perspective, key aspects of Cooperative Learning, examines how the different elements of the model have been foregrounded in efforts to enhance learning in physical education. As the only text to provide international perspectives, from eight different countries, of Cooperative Learning in physical education, this book is important reading for any student, researcher or teacher with an interest in physical education, sport education, sport pedagogy, curriculum development or methods for learning and teaching.
Author: Kate Ferguson-Patrick Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1351164627 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 170
Book Description
Cooperative Learning for Intercultural Classrooms helps both pre-service and in-service teachers to develop a well-researched pedagogy that supports inclusive practice for a globalised world. It provides: an overview of theoretical perspectives that illustrate why cooperative learning is an effective learning strategy; reviews research findings about how cooperative learning supports inclusion; and outlines the strategies and methods that support teachers in putting cooperative learning into practice. Providing a step-by-step guide to implementing cooperative learning for schools, teachers and teacher educators, this invaluable resource includes: guidelines for a staged approach to implementation; case studies of cooperative learning in classrooms from a range of different contexts, including Australia, England, Sweden, Italy, India, Singapore and Hong Kong; guidance on developing an effective professional development programme for a school; appendices with valuable information on a range of cooperative learning structures and explanations of the main types of cooperative learning used in classrooms.
Author: Robyn M. Gillies Publisher: Psychology Press ISBN: 0415303400 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 255
Book Description
The contributors to this book, many of whom are recognised world experts on cooperative learning, make insightful links between the theories that underpin the study of group dynamics and their practical application to the classroom.
Author: David W. Johnson
Author: Robyn M. Gillies
Author: Wendy Jolliffe
Author: Philip C. Abrami
Author: Paul J. Vermette
Author: Spencer Kagan
Author: John D. Strebe
Author: Ben Dyson
Author: Kate Ferguson-Patrick
Author: Robyn M. Gillies