Cooperative Learning and Strategies for Inclusion: Celebrating Diversity in the Classroom, Second Edition (Putnam)

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Teachers' Guides to Inclusive Practices

The Paraprofessional's Guide to the Inclusive Classroom, Third Edition

Cooperative Learning and Strategies for Inclusion
Celebrating Diversity in the Classroom, Second Edition
Edited by

JoAnne W. Putnam, Ph.D.

"The book clearly achieves its editor's goal of providing a practical, thoughtful resource to help educators and other professionals see how cooperative learning can serve as one powerful tool in creating effective inclusive classrooms of diverse learners." —Communique, on the first edition

"This work is valuable for professionals who wish to examine the education of children in a holistic, developmental sense." —Multicultural Educational Resources, on the first edition

This book supplies educators, classroom support personnel, and administrators with numerous tools for creating positive, inclusive classroom environments for students from preschool through high school.

Reviewing the basics of cooperative learning, the authors explain how to adapt curricula and implement such techniques as multilevel instruction, the Learning Strategies approach, and the use of computer technology. They also offer practical examples of various conceptual and structural strategies that improve the learning, social skills, and self-esteem of children with a range of abilities and cultural backgrounds.

New to this edition: information on conflict resolution, tips for teaching culturally diverse students, additional case studies, results of outcomes research on existing inclusion programs, and a chapter devoted to multiple intelligences.

Cooperative Learning and Strategies for Inclusion

ORDERING INFO
ISBN 1-55766-346-7
Paperback
288 pages / 6 x 9
1998 / $34.95
Stock# 3467

Table of Contents

About the Contributors
Foreword, by Robert E. Slavin
Preface
Acknowledgments

The Movement Toward Teaching and Learning in Inclusive Classrooms
JoAnne W. Putnam
The Process of Cooperative Learning
JoAnne W. Putnam
Curricular and Instructional Adaptations for Including Students with Disabilities in Cooperative Groups
Ann Nevin
Cultural Diversity and Cooperative Learning
David W. Johnson and Roger T. Johnson
Supporting Young Children's Development Through Cooperative Activities
Loraine J. Spenciner and JoAnne W. Putnam
New Cooperative Learning, Multiple Intelligences, and Inclusion
Spencer Kagan
Participatory Action Research: Supporting Social Relationships in the Cooperative Classroom
Mary Fisher, Joseph P. Bernazzani, and Luanna H. Meyer
Teaching Students to Manage Conflicts in Diverse Classrooms
David W. Johnson and Roger T. Johnson
Computers and Cooperative Learning in Diverse Classrooms
Mary Male
School Programs for Successful Inclusion of All Students
Anita Jo Jakupcak
The Inclusive School Model: A Framework and Key Strategies for Success
Gordon L. Porter and Julie A. Stone

Index