| Description |
vi, 335 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The significance of teacher beliefs for professional development and cooperative learning / Celeste Brody -- Creating sustained professional growth through collaborative reflection / Carole Cooper and Julie Boyd -- The role of staff developers in promoting effective teacher decision-making / Carol Rolheiser and Laurie Stevahn -- Staff development that makes a difference / Patricia Roy -- Staff development and the structural approach to cooperative learning / Spencer Kagan and Miguel Kagan -- Beyond the workshop: evidence from complex instruction / Rachel Lotan, Elizabeth Cohen, and Christopher Morphew -- A social constructivist approach to cooperative learning and staff development: ideas from the Child Development Project / Marilyn Watson ... [et al.] -- Preparing teachers and students for cooperative work: building communication and helping skills / Sydney Farivar and Noreen Webb -- The cognitive approach to cooperative learning: mediating the challenge to change / James Bellanca and Robin Fogarty -- Professional development for socially-conscious cooperative learning / Nancy Schniedewind and Mara Sapon-Shevin -- Effective staff development in cooperative learning: training, transfer, and long-term use / David Johnson and Roger Johnson -- Mutually-sustaining relationships between organization development and cooperative learning / Richard Schmuck -- Faculty development using cooperative learning / Susan Ellis -- Developing a collaborative environment through job-embedded staff development: one district's journey / Linda Munger -- Cooperative learning communities: expanding from classroom cocoon to global connections / Liana Forest -- Afterword: promising practices and responsible directions / Celeste Brody and Neil Davidson. |
| Subject |
Group work in education.
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Group work in education. |
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Constructivism (Education)
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Constructivism (Education) |
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Teachers -- In-service training.
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Teachers -- In-service training. |
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Teachers -- Training of.
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Teachers -- Training of. |
| Added Author |
Brody, Celeste M.
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Davidson, Neil, 1939-
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| ISBN |
0791438503 paperback alkaline paper |
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079143849X hardcover alkaline paper |
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