Teaching Cooperative Learning: The Challenge for Teacher Education

Explores cooperative learning practices.

Winner of the 2004 Critics' Choice Award presented by the American Educational Studies Association

Teacher educators from ten institutions and programs in the United States, Canada, and Germany describe the ways in which they have changed teacher preparation to more fully incorporate cooperative learning concepts. Analytical commentaries on the programs highlight the learning experience of these programs as well as underlying issues of needed reforms in teacher education.

Included among best practices in education, cooperative learning may require a shift in program philosophy and disciplinary areas to meet the challenge of complex organizations and diverse student populations. As the essays in the volume demonstrate, a new alignment of field experiences to provide support for novices to implement cooperative strategies, and to receive timely and effective supervision for these attempts, may also be required.

Author: Elizabeth G. Cohen
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 01/16/2004
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.00h x 7.08w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780791459706

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2005 pg. 1074

About the Author

Elizabeth G. Cohen is Professor Emerita of Education and Sociology at Stanford University. Celeste M. Brody is Instructional Dean at Central Oregon Community College. Mara Sapon-Shevin is Professor of Inclusive Education at Syracuse University.

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