TY - BOOK AU - Villa,Richard A. AU - Thousand,Jacqueline S. AU - Nevin,Ann TI - Collaborating with students in instruction and decision making: the untapped resource SN - 1412972175 AV - LB1031.5 .V45 2010 U1 - 371.394 22 PY - 2010///] CY - Thousand Oaks, Calif. PB - Corwin KW - Peer teaching KW - Teacher-student relationships KW - Student participation in administration KW - Student participation in curriculum planning KW - Education KW - Decision making N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Foreword: The Importance of Students' Voices; Paula Kluth and Peyton Goddard --; I; Introduction Letter to the Reader --; 1; 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 --; II; Teaching With Students --; Definition of Teaching --; What is the Instructional Cycle? --; What is the Research Base for Teaching with Students? --; 2; 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 --; 3; 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 --; 4; 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 --; III; Decision-Making With Students --; 5; 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 --; 6; Students as Instructional Decision Makers --; Collaborating with Students to Determine the Product of Learning --; Collaborating with Students to Differentiate Instruction for Struggling Learners --; Summary --; 7; 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 --; 8; 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 --; 9; Students as Collaborators in Responsibility --; A Circle of Courage Definition of Responsibility --; The Self-Discipline Pyramid --; Summary --; Epilogue: Beyond Benevolence to Befriending and Advocacy ER -