Cooperative Learning in Context by Evelyn Jacob
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.-
Subtractive Schooling
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Over the Ivy Walls
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Practicing What We Teach
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Iroquois Corn in a Culture-Based Curriculum
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Multicultural Education as Social Activism
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Educational Administration in a Pluralistic Society
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Navigators
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Women's Agency and Educational Policy
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Double Jeopardy
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Teacher Thinking in Cultural Contexts
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To Live Heroically
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Removing College Price Barriers
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Language, Culture, and Power
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Leaving Children Behind
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Struggling To Be Heard
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The Other Struggle for Equal Schools
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Children and Families At Promise
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Multicultural Education, Critical Pedagogy, and the Politics of Difference
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Parent-School Collaboration
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Making Meaning of Whiteness
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Teaching Diverse Populations
"Jacob shows the importance of context for understanding educational innovations, such as cooperative learning, which show impressive results mostly or entirely in experimental situationsAs Jacob convincingly argues, context is a vital dimension of educational innovations put into practice; yet, this crucial point is easily overshadowed or overlooked in the frenzy that so often accompanies reports of experimental success." — Margaret Eisenhart, University of Colorado at Boulder
Evelyn Jacob is Professor of Education at George Mason University. She is coeditor with Cathie Jordan of Minority Education: Anthropological Perspectives.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780791442425 |
| ISBN 10 | 079144242X |
| Title | Cooperative Learning in Context |
| Author | Evelyn Jacob |
| Series | Suny Series The Social Context Of Education |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | State University of New York Press |
| Year published | 1999-07-01 |
| Number of pages | 233 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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