1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778732003321

Autore

Brody Celeste M

Titolo

Professional Development for Cooperative Learning [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, 1998

ISBN

0-7914-9764-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (152 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DavidsonNeil <1939->

Disciplina

371.39/5

Soggetti

Constructivism (Education)

Group work in education

Teachers -- In-service training

Teachers -- Training of

Group work in education - In-service training

Constructivism (Education) - Training of

Teachers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; PART I. BEGIN WITH THE TEACHER: FOCUSING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR COOPERATIVE LEARNING; Introduction: Professional Development and Cooperative Learning by Celeste Brody and Neil Davidson; 1. The Significance of Teacher Beliefs for Professional Development and Cooperative Learning by Celeste Brody; 2. Creating Sustained Professional Growth through Collaborative Reflection by Carole Cooper and Julie Boyd; 3. The Role of Staff Developers in Promoting Effective Teacher Decision-Making by Carol Rolheiser and Laurie Stevahn

4. Staff Development That Makes a Difference by Patricia 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 Learning by Spencer Kagan and Miguel Kagan; 6. Beyond the Workshop: Evidence from Complex Instruction by Rachel Lotan, Elizabeth Cohen, Christopher Morphew

7. A Social Constructivist Approach to Cooperative Learning and Staff



Development: Ideas from the Child Development Project by Marilyn Watson, Sylvia Kendzior, Stefan Dasho, Stanley Rutherford, and Daniel Solomon 8. Preparing Teachers and Students for Cooperative Work: Building Communication and Helping Skills by Sydney Farivar and Noreen Webb; 9. The Cognitive Approach to Cooperative Learning: Mediating the Challenge to Change by James Bellanca and Robin Fogarty; 10. Professional Development for Socially-Conscious Cooperative Learning by Nancy 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 Use by David Johnson and Roger Johnson; 12. Mutually-Sustaining Relationships between Organization Development and Cooperative Learning by Richard Schmuck; 13. Faculty Development Using Cooperative Learning by Susan Ellis; 14. Developing a Collaborative Environment through Job-Embedded Staff Development: One District's Journey by Linda Munger; PART IV. RETURN TO THE VISION OF COMMUNITY

15. Cooperative Learning Communities: Expanding from Classroom Cocoon to Global Connections by Liana Forest 16. Afterword: Promising Practices and Responsible Directions by Celeste Brody and Neil Davidson; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y