Cooperative learning in context : an educational innovation in everyday classrooms / Evelyn Jacob.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jacob, Evelyn.

Series:

SUNY series, social context of education

SUNY series, the social context of education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Group work in education--United States--Case studies.

Group work in education.

Team learning approach in education--United States--Case studies.

Team learning approach in education.

Effective teaching--United States--Case studies.

Effective teaching.

Educational change--United States--Case studies.

Educational change.

United States.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xv, 233 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [1999]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

1. Studying the Contexts of Cooperative Learning 1

2. Cooperative Learning 13

3. The Larger Setting 23

4. Teams-Games-Tournaments in Fourth Grade Mathematics 29

5. Learning Together in Sixth Grade Social Studies 65

6. Acquiring English in Content Classes 107

7. Context and Cooperative Learning 125

8. Practicing Cooperative Learning in Context 147

9. Toward Contextually-Sensitive Approaches to Educational Innovations 165

Appendix: Methods and Context of this Study 177.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-226) and index.

ISBN:

0791442411

079144242X

OCLC:

40163487