Collaborating with Students in Instruction and Decision Making : The Untapped Resource

by Richard A. Villa

• ISBN13: 9781412972178
• ISBN10: 1412972175
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-04-07
• Publisher: Corwin Pr

Summary

This book offers practical strategies to help K'12 educators coach and mentor their students to become co-teachers, decision-makers, and advocates. In this unique resource for educators who are attempting to meet the needs of a diverse student population in mixed-ability classrooms, Richard A. Villa, Jacqueline S. Thousand, and Ann I. Nevin anchor practical examples within the current theories of learning and evidence-based research on these non-traditional student roles. Readers will find: Practical, hands-on resources Assessment tools Lesson plans in user-friendly formats Many personal case studies Collaborating With Students in Instruction and Decision Making provides easy-to-implement methods that can be used in classrooms, school buildings, or across school districts. The book's content is ideal for staff development personnel and school district curriculum specialists across the United States as well as faculty in colleges of education dedicated to the development of the teaching, decision making, and the advancement of students' advocacy skills.

Table of Contents

Foreword: The Importance of Students' Voices

List of Tables

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Introduction

Letter to the Reader

Why Collaborate with Students?

Student Collaboration Facilitates 21st Century Goals of Education

Student Collaboration is Democratic Schooling

Student Collaboration Increases Self-Determination

Student Collaboration Increases Academic and Social Competence

Student Collaboration Facilitates Other School Reform Efforts

Student Collaboration is an Untapped Resource in Times of Limited Fiscal and Human Resources

Summary

Teaching With Students

Definition of Teaching

What is the Instructional Cycle?

What is the Research Base for Teaching with Students?

Students as Co-Teachers in Cooperative Learning Groups

What is Cooperative Learning?

What Cooperative Groups Are NOT

Five Essential Ingredients of Cooperative Group Learning: PIGS Face

The Four Phases of Planning and Implementing Formal Cooperative Group Lessons

Teacher Decisions at Each Phase of Planning and Implementation

An Example of a Formal Cooperative Group Lesson

What Do Students Say About Cooperative Group Learning

Summary

Students as Peer Tutors and Partner Learners

Meet Some Peer Tutors

What is Peer Tutoring/Partner Learning?

Essential Ingredients of Peer Tutoring and Partner Learning

Getting Started with Peer Tutoring and Partner Learning

An Example of a Peer Tutoring/Partner Learning Lesson

Students' Views of Peer Tutoring and Partner Learning

Summary

Students as Co-Teachers

What is a Co-Teacher? What are Examples of Adults Co-Teaching with Students?

Co-Teaching Approaches

Challenges Faced by Student Co-Teachers

What Are Student Co-Teachers, Adult Co-Teachers, Administrators, and Learners in Co-Taught Classes Saying About Co-Teaching?

Summary

Decision-Making With Students

Empowering Students as Collaborative Creative Thinkers

Barriers to Creative Thinking and Action

Awareness Plans for Busting Barriers and Imagining Improvements

Osborn-Parnes Creative Problem-Solving (CPS) Process

Thinking for Collaborative Solution Finding-Focusing Upon What You Can Do

Summary

Students as Instructional Decision Makers

Collaborating with Students to Determine the Product of Learning

Collaborating with Students to Differentiate Instruction for Struggling Learners

Summary

Students as Designers of Their Own Learning

Defining and Nurturing Self-Determination

Making Action Plans (MAPs) as a Tool to Actualize Self-Determination

Student-Led Individualized Education Programs

Personal Learning Plans as a Tool to Teach Self-Determination

What Do Students Say About Self-Determination?

Summary

Students as Mediators of Conflict and Controversy

Examples of Everyday School Conflicts

Understanding Conflict

An Example of a Class-Wide or School-Wide Peer Mediation Program

A Lesson Plan Example: Learning Friendly Disagreeing Skills

Summary

Students as Collaborators in Responsibility

A "Circle of Courage" Definition of Responsibility

The Self-Discipline Pyramid

Summary

Epilogue: Beyond Benevolence to Befriending

Glossary

Resources

Cooperative Group Learning Lesson Plan

Peer Tutor Lesson Plan

Co-Teaching Lesson Plan

Syllabus for High School Course for Teaching Students to Be Co-Teachers

Template for Product-Activity Matrix Integrating Bloom's Taxonomy and Gardner's Multiple Intelligence Theory

Template for Facts about the Learner, Classroom Demands, Mismatches, and Potential Solutions

Student Collaboration Quiz (for students)

References

Index

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