Author: Robyn M. Gillies Publisher: SAGE ISBN: 1452236291 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 289
Book Description
"Gilles focuses the majority of the book on the relationship in the classroom between the individual teacher and the students. She gives teachers ammunition to overcome resistance to cooperative learning by presenting well-substantiated research on virtually every page of her book showing the benefits of having students study together." —Ted Wohlfarth, PSYCCRITIQUES "This text′s greatest strengths are bringing together a range of powerful teaching strategies connected to students taking responsibility for their own learning and the learning of others. The focus on both teacher strategies to encourage effective group talk and student strategies to encourage effective discourse is helpful." —Nancy L. Markowitz, San Jose State University Although cooperative learning is widely endorsed as a pedagogical practice that promotes learning and socialization among students, teachers still struggle with how to introduce it into their classrooms. This text highlights the strategies teachers can use to challenge student thinking and scaffold their learning as well as the strategies students can be taught to promote discourse, problem—solving, and learning during cooperative learning. Key Features Presents cooperative learning in conjunction with national standards: The book situates cooperative learning within the context of No Child Left Behind and a climate of high stakes testing. Links theory with practice: Numerous case studies and small group exercises highlight how teachers can assess both the process and outcomes of cooperative learning. Emphasizes the key role teachers play in establishing cooperative learning: Guidelines are given on how teachers can establish cooperative learning in their classrooms to promote student engagement and learning across various levels and for students of diverse abilities. Incorporates the latest research on cooperative learning: An overview is provided of the major research and theoretical perspectives that underpin the development of cooperative learning pedagogy. Intended Audience This is an excellent supplementary text for several undergraduate and graduate level K—12 teacher preparation and certification courses regularly offered in schools of education. It can also be used as one of several texts in courses on cooperative learning and as a supplement in K—12 teaching methods courses.
Author: Spencer Kagan Publisher: ISBN: 9781933445281 Category : Cooperativeness in children Languages : en Pages : 0
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The Big Picture in a MiniBook! Kagan Cooperative Learning Structures have revolutionized the way tens of thousands of teachers teach. Students achieve remarkable academic gains and acquire a range of social skills. Discipline problems disappear. And teaching and learning are fun! To good to be true? No. The data is in! This MiniBook reveals the secret to success. With no change in your curriculum, and with no specials materials, you will transform your class and your career. It is easy! Read this MiniBook and join the instructional revolution.
Author: Elizabeth G. Cohen Publisher: State University of New York Press ISBN: 0791485641 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 249
Book Description
Winner of the 2004 Critics' Choice Award presented by the American Educational Studies Association Teacher educators from ten institutions and programs in the United States, Canada, and Germany describe the ways in which they have changed teacher preparation to more fully incorporate cooperative learning concepts. Analytical commentaries on the programs highlight the learning experience of these programs as well as underlying issues of needed reforms in teacher education. Included among best practices in education, cooperative learning may require a shift in program philosophy and disciplinary areas to meet the challenge of complex organizations and diverse student populations. As the essays in the volume demonstrate, a new alignment of field experiences to provide support for novices to implement cooperative strategies, and to receive timely and effective supervision for these attempts, may also be required.
Author: Kyei-Blankson, Lydia Publisher: IGI Global ISBN: 1799802442 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 325
Book Description
Many learning options are possible in education, from traditional to blended/hybrid to fully online. Of the three delivery formats, the blended mode, which involves the fusion of online and traditional face-to-face instruction and learning activities, is considered to have the greatest potential to provide the best learning environment. As blended learning continues to evolve and expand, it is important that information regarding what constitutes the ideal combination of online and traditional pedagogical strategies in blended education and at all levels is illuminated and shared. Emerging Techniques and Applications for Blended Learning in K-20 Classrooms is an academic publication that focuses on pedagogical strategies and technologies that have been successfully employed by educators in blended instruction. In addition, the student outcomes from the use of these techniques are presented. Covering a wide range of topics such as gamification, civic education, and critical thinking, this book is essential for academicians, administrators, educators, instructors, researchers, instructional designers, curriculum developers, principals, early childhood educators, higher education faculty, and students.
Author: Sílvio Manuel Brito Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand ISBN: 1839622431 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 164
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Active learning is now a form of learning that accompanies the knowledge evolution that challenges the learner to promote it, but also encourages him to investigate and become emotionally involved in the task. The great key to obtaining this behavior successfully depends, therefore, on the subject's involvement and ability to undertake, so that active learning becomes emotional entrepreneurial learning that generates new ideas and new forms of knowledge. From memorization, we move on to inquiry, from questioning to constructive participation, from hypostasis to problem-solving, from generalization to critical thinking. When we look at this book, we see real examples, concrete, and senses, from the most important act of human nature: learning!
Author: Don F. Brown Publisher: Social Science Press ISBN: 9780864693457 Category : Group work in education Languages : en Pages : 168
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Women experience more work-related health problems than men. Gender segregation at work means different health and safety issues for women and men, but at present women's occupational health and safety issues receive less attention and most research has been on men. Occupational health and safety issues for both women and men need to be kept to the fore in workplaces and in national policy making. Employed women and men have better health than unemployed or unpaid workers, but job insecurity, overwork and unhealthy workplaces often cancel out the benefits of a paid job. Women occupy fewer good jobs than men and have a larger share of bad jobs. A lifetime of typical women's work leads to poorer health amongst older women. This book discusses and provides case studies of hidden hazards in women's work, drawing comparisons across English-speaking countries and other Western industrial environments. It points to practical ways in which health and safety in workplaces can be made more gender-sensitive, to benefit both women and men. It concludes by recommending that gender mainstreaming be put on government policy agendas to improve occupational health and safety and public health.
Author: Paul J. Vermette Publisher: Prentice Hall ISBN: 9780132063920 Category : Group work in education Languages : en Pages : 0
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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: Evelyn Jacob Publisher: State University of New York Press ISBN: 1438407696 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 256
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Cooperative Learning in Context examines the real-world implications of cooperative learning techniques used in a culturally diverse, suburban elementary school fourth grade mathematics class and sixth grade social studies class. Evelyn Jacob takes an anthropologist's eye to document not just the successes, but also the failures and missed opportunities exhibited by the participating teachers and students. Six interwoven contextual aspects that affect teaching and learning are explored: task structure, psychological and technical tools, interpersonal interactions and social relationships, individual and social meanings, local cultures and institutions, and larger cultures and institutions. In exploring the implications of the study, Jacob discusses how an understanding of contextual features can enable educators to improve the processes and outcomes of cooperative learning and other powerful educational innovations.
Author: George M. Jacobs Publisher: Corwin Press ISBN: 1483360784 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 185
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"The Teacher′s Sourcebook for Cooperative Learning has ideas and activities that can be used by all teachers who want to improve their classroom management and promote community building." Rebecca Den Hartog, Elementary Classroom Teacher Mercer Island School District Mercer Island, WA "I unreservedly recommend this important resource to any preservice or inservice teachers of young children." Chris Iddings, Assistant Professor of Language and Literacy Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN "The authors reveal considerable wealth of experience as teachers and as users of CL. This will be a very successful book." Jon A. Scaife, Lecturer in Education School of Education, University of Sheffield Sheffield, England Can today′s students excel individually by working in tandem with their peers? Yes! says this dynamic team of authors who have combined their first-hand experience and in-depth research to create this essential guidebook. In The Teacher′s Sourcebook for Cooperative Learning, the authors demonstrate how any classroom teacher can use CL techniques for lesson planning and classroom management. Learn how to: Incorporate the basic principles of CL into everyday learning experiences Improve students′ collaborative skills, positive interdependence, and individual accountability Prepare for, manage, and create tasks for CL lessons Handle special situations, avoid trouble spots, and collaborate with other teachers, administrators, and parents This exciting book represents best practice based on hands-on experience and in-depth research. Incorporate these principles into your lesson plan and see how you can achieve one of every educator′s most rewarding contributions . . . helping students to help themselves, and each other.
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