Professional Development for Cooperative Learning

Issues and Approaches

Häftad, Engelska, 1998

AvCeleste M. Brody,Neil Davidson,Celeste M Brody

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Describes different forms of professional development for cooperative learning and shows how the use of cooperative learning in professional development is leading to new insights into teaching and professional growth in schools.Cooperative/collaborative learning procedures increasingly attract great attention in school and higher education settings. This book has two main purposes: first, to enable educators to make informed decisions and choices about selecting, implementing, and evaluating cooperative learning models with respect for the differences and diversity of goals among professionals in school communities, and second, to consider the goals of teachers' professional development in the context of organizational reforms that foster systemic school change, such as the development of learning communities. The authors encourage professional development that goes beyond inservice workshops to include multi-year development and support for teachers. They advocate that schools be administered under collaborative principles so teachers can "live the experience" that they are trying to create in their own classrooms. Professional Development for Cooperative Learning describes what works for professional development in cooperative learning and how difficult it is to bring about lasting change in school settings. Brody and Davidson focus the dialogue on the nature of professional development linked to systemic changes and the successes, failures, and challenges encountered in the process.

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Utgivningsdatum1998-07-10
Mått151 x 228 x 22 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor335
FörlagState University of New York Press
ISBN9780791438503

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Celeste M. Brody is Associate Professor at Lewis and Clark College. She is coeditor, with James Wallace, of Ethical and Social Issues in Professional Education, also published by SUNY Press. Neil Davidson is Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Maryland at College Park. He is the coauthor and editor of several books, including Cooperative Learning in Mathematics: A Handbook for Teachers.

Part I: Begin with the Teacher: Focusing Professional Development for Cooperative Learning Introduction: Professional Development and Cooperative LearningCeleste Brody and Neil Davidson 1. The Significance of Teacher Beliefs for Professional Development and Cooperative LearningCeleste Brody 2. Creating Sustained Professional Growth through Collaborative ReflectionCarole Cooper and Julie Boyd 3. The Role of Staff Developers in Promoting Effective Teacher Decision-MakingCarol Rolheiser and Laurie Stevahn 4. Staff Development That Makes a DifferencePatricia Roy Part II: Lessons from the Field: Approaches to Cooperative Learning and Implications for Professional Development 5. Staff Development and the Structural Approach to Cooperative LearningSpencer Kagan and Miguel Kagan 6. Beyond the Workshop: Evidence from Complex InstructionRachel Lotan, Elizabeth Cohen, and Christopher Morphew 7. A Social Constructivist Approach to Cooperative Learning and Staff Development: Ideas from the Child Development ProjectMarilyn Watson, Sylvia Kendzior, Stefan Dasho, Stanley Rutherford, and Daniel Solomon 8. Preparing Teachers and Students for Cooperative Work: Building Communication and Helping SkillsSydney Farivar and Noreen Webb 9. The Cognitive Approach to Cooperative Learning: Mediating the Challenge to ChangeJames Bellanca and Robin Fogarty 10. Professional Development for Socially-Conscious Cooperative LearningNancy Schniedewind and Mara Sapon-Shevin Part III: The Learning Community: Cooperative Learning and Organizational Change 11. Effective Staff Development in Cooperative Learning: Training, Transfer, and Long-term UseDavid Johnson and Roger Johnson 12. Mutually-Sustaining Relationships between Organization Development and Cooperative LearningRichard Schmuck 13. Faculty Development Using Cooperative LearningSusan Ellis 14. Developing a Collaborative Environment through Job-Embedded Staff Development: One District's JourneyLinda Munger Part IV: Return to the Vision of Community 15. Cooperative Learning Communities: Expanding from Classroom Cocoon to Global ConnectionsLiana Forest 16. Afterword: Promising Practices and Responsible DirectionsCeleste Brody and Neil Davidson Notes on the Contributors Index

"This book contains well-researched and complete models for the kind of staff development needed today. They represent a variety of perspectives that are all applicable to the educational trends we foresee for the twenty-first century." — Judith W. Irwin, University of Connecticut"The contributors represent a very impressive cross section of the cooperative/collaborative learning community. You do get the sense that these folks are talking from experience in describing what works in staff development." — James L. Cooper, California State University at Dominguez Hills