Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Foreword: A Teacher Educator's Perspective Yael Sharan Acknowledgments Introduction Mara Sapon-Shevin Part I: The Cases 1. Practices in Teacher Education and Cooperative Learning at the University of Toronto Carol Rolheiser and Stephen Anderson 2. Teacher Decision Making for Cooperative Learning in a Preservice Master's Program Celeste M. Brody and Nancy G. Nagel 3. Educating Teachers for Socially Conscious Cooperative Learning Nancy Schniedewind 4. Cooperative Learning in Teacher Education: A Four-Year Model Joellen Harris and Bob Hanley 5. Cooperative Learning in Preservice Teacher Education at the University of Maryland Frank Lyman and Neil Davidson 6. Preparing Secondary Teachers to Use Cooperative Learning Strategies Chandra J. Foote, Paule J. Vermette, Jennifer Wilson-Bridgman, Thomas J. Sheeran, Robin Erwin, and Mary Murray 7. Cooperation and Collaboration in a Foreign Language Teacher Training Program: The LMR-Plus Model Claudia Finkbeiner 8. The Integrated Semester: Building Preservice Teachers' Commitments to the Use of Cooperative Learning as Essential Pedagogy Frances Slostad, Lynda Baloche, and Daniel Darigan 9. Teaching Demanding Strategies for Cooperative Learning: A Comparative Study of Five Teacher Education Programs Elizabeth G. Cohen, Danielle Briggs, Nikola Filby, Elaine Chin, Mary Male, Susana Mata, Susan McBride, Theresa Perez, Rosalinda Quintanar-Sarellana, Patricia Swanson 10. Stepping into Groupwork Rachel A. Lotan Part II: Commentaries 11. The Instructional Design of Cooperative Learning for Teacher Education Celeste M. Brody 12. Pockets of Excellence: Implications for Organizational Change Elizabeth G. Cohen 13. Cooperative Learning and Teaching for Social Justice Mara Sapon-Shevin 14. The Role of the Classroom Teacher in Teacher Education Mark Brubacher Conclusion Mara Sapon-Shevin and Elizabeth G. Cohen Contributors Index

About the Author

Elizabeth G. Cohen is Professor Emerita of Education and Sociology at Stanford University. Celeste M. Brody is Instructional Dean at Central Oregon Community College. Mara Sapon-Shevin is Professor of Inclusive Education at Syracuse University.

Reviews

"The diversity of the authors and the wide range of issues addressed are two of the most noticeable and outstanding features of this book. It presents a fresh view and insight about quality cooperative learning efforts. The editors are to be congratulated for this collection."