| Cooperative Learning in Context: An Educational Innovation in Everyday Classrooms Contributor(s): Jacob, Evelyn (Author) |
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ISBN: 079144242X ISBN-13: 9780791442425 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - General |
| Dewey: 371.148 |
| LCCN: 98-47344 |
| Series: Suny Series, Social Context of Education |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 5.97" W x 8.97" (0.63 lbs) 233 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |