Cooperative games in education : building community without competition, pre-K-12 / written and illustrated by Suzanne Lyons ; foreword by Alfie Kohn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lyons, Suzanne (Science teacher), author, illustrator.

Contributor:

Kohn, Alfie, writer of foreword.

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational games.

Cooperative games (Mathematics).

Cooperation--Study and teaching.

Cooperation.

Physical Description:

xiv, 161 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Teachers College Press, [2022]

Summary:

"Cooperative Games in Education is the first comprehensive guide to the world of cooperative play and games for pre-K-12 learning. It includes a thorough pedagogical rationale and guidelines for practice, a survey of related research and scholarship, engaging anecdotes, illustrations, historical background, and an array of sample games to try. In cooperative games, players win or lose together, sharing the experience of fun and challenge. No one can be eliminated in a cooperative game. What is eliminated is us-versus-them perception and zero-sum thinking. When students come to see each other as allies, rather than rivals, there are profound interpersonal effects that enhance community, inclusion, and a positive classroom climate where all can learn and thrive. This accessible, lively resource explains the value of cooperative games with guidance to help teachers use them for maximum social-emotional and academic benefit. Cooperative Games in Education will also interest the broader community of administrators, therapists, school psychologists, game designers, child-care providers, and others who care for children and need tools that foster healthy development, positive relationships, and joy. Book Features: Discussion of relevant research and theory. Best practices for choosing and facilitating cooperative games, including how to integrate them into any curriculum, guide post-game reflection, and convert traditional competitive games to cooperative ones. A full chapter of educational cooperative games correlated to their educational purpose. Discussion of some of the most salient applications of cooperative games, such as social-emotional learning, academic subject-area instruction, cooperative learning, trauma-sensitive practice, bullying prevention, early childhood education, and more. User-friendly features such as questions for reflection, end-of-chapter games, charming author-generated illustrations, and classroom vignettes. A synthesis of interdisciplinary scholarship that includes the work of Montessori, Piaget, Froebel, and Dewey, as well as perspectives from neuroscience and evolutionary biology. The fascinating history of cooperative games, from their origin as a tool for peace education to their current role as a pop-culture entertainment phenomenon"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: About Playing Together

Why This Book?

Contents of This Book

pt. I FOUNDATIONS OF COOPERATIVE GAMES

1. What Are Cooperative Play and Games?

Understanding Play

Defining Cooperative Games

A Brief History of Cooperative Games

Theories of Learning and Play Supporting Cooperative Games

Playful Learning

Meeting Current Challenges in Play with Cooperative Games

Chapter Summary

Play to Learn

Try This!

2. Learning to Cooperate

Understanding Cooperation

Forms of Cooperation

What Cooperation Is Not

Roots of Cooperation

Social Interdependence Theory: Cooperation versus Competition

Learning Cooperation in School

Teaching Cooperation Through Play and Games

What Research Says About Teaching Cooperation Through Games

3. Rethinking Competition

Defining Terms

Documented Downsides of Competition

Handling Competition With Care in the Classroom

pt. II SOME COOPERATIVE GAMES AND GUIDELINES FOR PRACTICE

4. A Gallery of Cooperative Games

Cooperative Games for Welcoming and Inclusion

Cooperative Games for Trust-Building and Empathy

Cooperative Games for Community-Building

Cooperative Games to Prevent Bullying

Cooperative Games for Young Children

Cooperative Games for Older Children, Tweens, and Teens

Cooperative Games to Teach Language Arts

Cooperative Games to Teach Math

Cooperative Games to Teach Science

Classic Cooperative Play Activities

5. A Guide to Facilitating Cooperative Games

The Five Steps of Facilitating Games

Designing Cooperative Games

Converting Competitive Games to Cooperative Games

pt. III APPLICATIONS OF COOPERATIVE GAMES

6. Cooperative Games to Support Cooperative Learning

Background on Cooperative Learning

Using Cooperative Games to Support Cooperative Learning

A Cooperative Games Training Program for Cooperative Learning

7. Cooperative Games and the "Soft Skills"

Teaching the Whole Student

Pedagogy of Cooperative Games for Social and Emotional Learning

Cooperative Games and Classroom Climate

Cooperative Games for Moral Education

8. Cooperative Games to Prevent Aggression

The Aggressive Student

Group Aggression: Fighting Together

Treating Group Aggression

Cooperative Games to Reduce Group Aggression at School

9. Cooperative Games in Early Childhood Education

Young Children and Play

Cooperative Play

The Capstone of Early Childhood Social Development

How Cooperative Play Promotes Social Development

Two Definitions of Cooperative Play

Summary of Important Differences Between Competitive and Cooperative Play

How to Use Cooperative Games in the Early Childhood Classroom

Epilogue: Putting It All Together: A Pedagogy of Cooperative Games

Elements of the Pedagogical Framework

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Lyons, Suzanne (Science teacher). Cooperative games in education

ISBN:

9780807766668

0807766666

9780807766675

0807766674

OCLC:

1275428280