Expanding Cooperative Learning Through Group Investigation by Shlomo Sharan

Expanding Cooperative Learning Through Group Investigation by Shlomo Sharan

Group Investigation - a method for classroom instruction in which students work collaboratively in small groups, and take an active part in establishing their learning goals - continues to gain popularity. With increased interest has come the need for a comprehensive work on the subject - a thesis, a research review, and handbook. In this book, the authors provide an explanation of the philosophy, foundations, and current practice of Group Investigation. The authors give suggestions for ways of developing in a class the necessary discussion and cooperative skills, as well as detailed examples of projects in elementary and upper grades. In addition, they examine the experimental evidence of the method's effectiveness. The Sharans conclude with a presentation of two training programmes, one for teachers applying Group Investigation for the first time, and the other for those with some experience in cooperative learning who wish to expand and refine their techniques.

SHLOMO SHARAN is Professor of Educational Psychology, Tel-Aviv University-Israel, where he has been involved in school improvement by applying systems theory and small group dynamics to staff organization and classroom instruction. He has been a visiting professor and/or research fellow at Stanford, Yale, Johns Hopkins, and Helsinki (Finland) University. He has authored and edited numerous research studies and books, including Expanding Cooperative Learning through Group Investigation (1992) and Handbook of Cooperative Learning Methods (Greenwood 1994).

HANNA SHACHAR is Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel. For many years she chaired the division of consultation to secondary schools in the Institute for the Promotion of Social Integration in the Schools, also at Bar-Ilan University, where she directed city-wide intervention projects to introduce participative management in school organization and cooperative learning in classroom instruction. She is co-author, with Shlomo Sharan, of Organization and Team Management in Schools (1990) and Language and Learning in the Cooperative Classroom (1988).

TAMAR LEVINE is Associate Professor of Education and Chair, Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the School of Education, Tel-Aviv University. She teaches graduate courses on interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary curriculum development and evaluation. Her major fields of interest and research include the design of effective and constructivist-based instructional strategies, students' and teachers' thinking, the uses of computers to enhance school learning, and gender differences in science and mathematics.

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ISBN 13	9780807731901
ISBN 10	0807731900
Title	Expanding Cooperative Learning Through Group Investigation
Author	Yael Sharan
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Teachers' College Press
Year published	1992-06-01
Number of pages	224
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