Creativity and Collaborative Learning: The Practical Guide to Empowering Students, Teachers, and Families

by Thousand, Jacqueline S.

• ISBN13: 9781557665782
• ISBN10: 1557665788
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-08-01
• Publisher: Brookes Pub

Summary

With this timely book, education professionals will learn to use a student-centered model to improve academic achievement and social relationships in their own classrooms.

Table of Contents

About the Editors	ix
About the Authors	xi
Preface	xix
For the Reader	xxi
Section I Toward Creativity and Collaborative Learning in the 21st Century
Toward Whole Schools: Building a Movement for Creativity and Collaborative Learning in the 21st Century	1	(2)
J. Michael Peterson
Democratic Education and the Creation of a Loving and Just Community	3	(10)
Kathleen Kesson
Christopher J. Koliba
Kate Paxton
Families as Creative and Resourceful Collaborators in Inclusive Schooling	13	(8)
Barbara E. Buswell
C. Beth Schaffner
Beyond Benevolence: Supporting Genuine Friendships in Inclusive Schools	21	(8)
Emma Van der Klift
Norman Kunc
Building Connections	29	(26)
Mary A. Falvey
Marsha S. Forest
Jack Pearpoint
Richard L. Rosenberg
Strategies for Creating Multicultural and Pluralistic Societies: A Mind Is a Wonderful Thing to Develop	55	(16)
Gwendolyn C. Webb-Johnson
Teaching for Liberation: Promising Practices from Critical Pedagogy	71	(14)
Paula Kluth
Rosario Diaz-Greenberg
Jacqueline S. Thousand
Ann I. Nevin
Access to the General Education Curriculum for All: The Universal Design Process	85	(26)
Alice Udvari-Solner
Richard A. Villa
Jacqueline S. Thousand
Section II Perspectives on Creativity and Collaborative Learning
Cooperative Group Learning as a Form of Creativity	105	(6)
Alice M. L. Quiocho
Problem-Solving Methods to Facilitate Inclusive Education	111	(24)
Michael F. Giangreco
Chigee J. Cloninger
Ruth E. Dennis
Susan W. Edelman
Supporting Students with Troubling Behavior	135	(22)
Richard A. Villa
Jonathan Udis
Jacqueline S. Thousand
Awareness Plans for Facilitating Creative Thinking	157	(18)
Herbert L. Leff
Jacqueline S. Thousand
Ann I. Nevin
Alice M. L. Quiocho
Why Understanding the Theoretical Basis of Cooperative Learning Enhances Teaching Success	175	(6)
Frank B. Murray
Cooperative and Collaborative Learning: An Integrative Perspective	181	(16)
Neil Davidson
Ensuring Diversity Is Positive: Cooperative Community, Constructive Conflict, and Civic Values	197	(12)
David W. Johnson
Roger T. Johnson
Cooperative Learning and Inclusion	209	(14)
Mara Sapon-Shevin
Barbara J. Ayres
Janet Duncan
Student Disruptions in the Cooperative Classroom: Experiences in a New Brunswick, Canada, School District	223	(12)
Brian Kelly
Using Peer Tutoring to Prevent Early Reading Failure	235	(12)
Kristen L. McMaster
Douglas Fuchs
Lynn S. Fuchs
Partner Learning: The Power Source for Students, Schools, and Communities	247	(24)
Mary E. McNeil
Antonette W. Hood
Section III Putting Creativity and Collaborative Learning into Practice: Strategies and Lesson Plans
Creativity	267	(4)
Ann I. Nevin
Jacqueline S. Thousand
Richard A. Villa
Partner Learning Systems	271	(12)
Laurie LaPlant
Nadine Zane
The Role of Students in Resolving Conflict	283	(20)
Fred Schrumpf
Golie G. Jansen
One Divided by Two or More: Redefining the Role of a Cooperative Education Team	303	(22)
Richard A. Villa
Jacqueline S. Thousand
Cooperative Group Lesson Plans	325	(54)
Ann I. Nevin
Jacqueline S. Thousand
Richard A. Villa
Creating and Supporting Peer Tutor Partnerships in Secondary Schools	379	(26)
Pamela J. Villalobos
Deborah Tweit-Hull
Amie Wong
Creating and Supporting Peer Tutor Partnerships: Lesson Plans	405	(26)
Pamela J. Villalobos
Deborah Tweit-Hull
Amie Wong
Empowering Secondary Students to Take the Lead: Training Activities to Promote Advocacy, Inclusion, and Social Justice	431	(34)
Pamela J. Villalobos
Lori Eshilian
Jeff Moyer
Afterword	465	(2)
Index	467