Collaborating with students in instruction and decision making : the untapped resource /
Richard A. Villa, Jacqueline S. Thousand, Ann I. Nevin ; foreword by Paula Kluth and Peyton Goddard.
- xvi, 226 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword: The Importance of Students' Voices / Introduction Letter to the Reader -- Why Collaborate with Students? -- Rationale #1: Student Collaboration Facilitates 21st Century Goals of Education -- Rationale#2: Student Collaboration is Democratic Schooling -- Rationale #3: Student Collaboration Increases Self-Determination -- Rationale #4: Student Collaboration Increases Academic and Social Competence -- Rationale #5: Student Collaboration Facilitates Other School Reform Efforts -- Rationale #6: Student Collaboration is an Untapped Resource in Times of Limited Fiscal and Human Resources -- Summary -- Teaching With Students -- Definition of Teaching -- What is the Instructional Cycle? -- What is the Research Base for Teaching with Students? -- Students as Co-Teachers in Cooperative Learning Groups -- What is Cooperative Learning? -- What Cooperative Groups Are NOT -- Five Essential Ingredients of Cooperative Group Learning: -- PIGS Face The Four Phases of Planning and Implementing Formal Cooperative Group Lessons -- Teacher Decisions at Each Phase of Planning and Implementation -- An Example of a Formal Cooperative Group Lesson -- What Do Students Say About Cooperative Group Learning -- Summary -- Students as Peer Tutors and Partner Learners -- Meet Some Peer Tutors -- What is Peer Tutoring /Partner Learning? -- Essential Ingredients of Peer Tutoring and Partner Learning -- Getting Started with Peer Tutoring and Partner Learning -- An Example of a Peer Tutoring /Partner Learning Lesson -- Students' Views of Peer Tutoring and Partner Learning -- Summary -- Students as Co-Teachers -- What is a Co-Teacher? -- What are Examples of Adults Co-Teaching with Students? -- Co-Teaching Approaches Challenges Faced by Student Co-Teachers -- What Are Student Co-Teachers, Adult Co-Teachers, Administrators, and Learners in Co-Taught Classes Saying About Co-Teaching? -- Summary -- Decision-Making With Students -- Empowering Students as Collaborative Creative Thinkers -- Barriers to Creative Thinking and Action -- Awareness Plans for Busting Barriers and Imagining Improvements -- Osborn-Parnes Creative Problem-Solving (CPS) -- Process Thinking for Collaborative Solution Finding-Focusing Upon What You Can Do -- Summary -- Students as Instructional Decision Makers -- Collaborating with Students to Determine the Product of Learning -- Collaborating with Students to Differentiate Instruction for Struggling Learners -- Summary -- Students as Designers of Their Own Learning -- Defining and Nurturing Self-Determination -- Making Action Plans (MAPs) as a Tool to Actualize Self-Determination -- Student-Led Individualized Education Programs -- Personal Learning Plans as a Tool to Teach Self-Determination -- What Do Students Say About Self-Determination? -- Summary -- Students as Mediators of Conflict and Controversy -- Examples of Everyday School Conflicts -- Understanding Conflict -- An Example of a Class-Wide or School-Wide Peer Mediation Program -- A Lesson Plan Example: Learning Friendly Disagreeing Skills -- Summary -- Students as Collaborators in Responsibility -- A Circle of Courage Definition of Responsibility -- The Self-Discipline Pyramid -- Summary -- Epilogue: Beyond Benevolence to Befriending and Advocacy. Paula Kluth and Peyton Goddard -- I. 1. II. 2. 3. 4. III. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
1412972175 9781412972178
2009051380
Peer teaching Teacher-student relationships Student participation in administration Student participation in curriculum planning Education--Decision making