Pioneering Perspectives in Cooperative Learning: Theory, Research, and Classroom Practice for Diverse Approaches to CL

Pioneering Perspectives in Cooperative Learning provides insights from the early originators of Cooperative Learning (CL) and documents the evolution of CL, including historical and contemporary research, and personal experiences. Contributions from leading scholars outline key approaches and practical strategies for classroom implementation, primarily for professors, researchers, scholars, and doctoral students interested in the theory of learning, educational research, and educational and social psychology.

Format: Hardback
Length: 268 pages
Publication date: 30 March 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Offering first-hand insights from the early originators of Cooperative Learning (CL), this comprehensive volume documents the evolution of CL, illustrating its historical and contemporary research, and highlighting the personal experiences that have helped inspire and ground this concept.

Each chapter in Pioneering Perspectives in Cooperative Learning focuses on a key approach to CL, showcasing the experiences, research, and fruitful collaborations that have shaped and driven their development. Contributions from leading scholars, including Aronson, Davidson, Kagan, Johnson & Johnson, Schmuck, the Sharans, Slavin, and Madden, as well as retrospective pieces on the work of Deutsch and Cohen, are featured in these chapters. These chapters delve into the historical development of cooperative learning, the interplay between cooperation and competition, and cover major approaches such as the jigsaw classroom, complex instruction, the learning together model, and several others.

Chapters encompass qualitative, personal, and retrospective accounts, where authors outline the research and theory that underpins each approach while highlighting practical strategies for classroom implementation. This text will primarily appeal to professors, researchers, scholars, and doctoral students with an interest in the theory of learning, educational research, and educational and social psychology more broadly. Practitioners of CL with an interest in varied forms of small group learning and classroom practice, as well as those interested in the history and sociology of education, will also find this volume valuable.

Weight: 550g
Dimension: 157 x 237 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367618353