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Minute-by-minute management of pupils and learning outcomes
Cooperative Learning is not "group work," but rather defines step-by-step how students interact with materials and each other, to achieve your specific objectives in any subject ...
“Hundreds of studies over more than three decades show a positive correlation between cooperative learning and achievement. Research has been done in every subject, at all grade levels, in all kinds of schools.”
- "Putting Cooperative Learning to the Test" by Laurel Shaper Walters Harvard Education Letter
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facilitating 21st century skills through Cooperative Learning
“It's their ability to
get on socially in unstructured time, to converse with adults in the corridors, in clubs, after school”
- Glenn Russell, Head of Stalham Academy watch video
Cooperative Learning, Ofsted and academic results
Secure monitoring, assessment, accountabilIty, peer support, learning differentiation through instantly applicable Ofsted grade student-centred learning...
“National average for level fours combined for Pupil Premium is 67%. Well, this year we achieved 75% …”
- Glenn Russell, Head of Stalham Academy, July 2015 watch video >
Videos and post on his appraisal of Cooperative Learning at Stalham Academy five months after their final CPD session: New head, fresh eyes; a critical outsider’s look at Cooperative Learning
Social skills
“... it was some great PSHE lessons that derived from it...”
- Rebecca Lamb, newly qualified teacher watch video >
“Fascinated by CL as a driver for improved progress and SMSC.
- Alex Bowles, KS2 leader, Tuckswood Primary, 2015
... enables everyone to contribute, encourages participants to actively listen to each other (...) provided a way to engage in controversy within a safe social environment. ”
- Kevin Blogg, teacher & teacher trainer, SACRE, Norfolk County Council, 2014
Use Cooperative Learning to engage your stakeholders
A cooperative ethos should not be limited to behaviour and attainment of pupils. Stage guided enquires and organise meetings to engage your stakeholders...
“...responding both to the demand of government and community as well as those like myself who see young people on a daily basis trying to understand their world view...”
-Garry Swinton, Chaplain of The Grey Coat Hospital and Westminster City School, Healing Fractures II - Beyond Birmingham, March 17, 2015
In Cooperative Learning classrooms, social skills are so deeply embedded they simply form
an integral part of learning.
A good example of this is the effect of the six hour Skills & Mastery course. This course is tailored for worksheet-style task solution, drilling procedures and rote learning, yet the impact on social skills extends far beyond the classroom.
The positive interdependence secured by Cooperative Learning not only lessens social isolation and disruptive behavior, but more importantly, it integrates precise language needed to explain, ask for help and respectfully maintain one's boundaries. These are crucial transferable skills, needed for life in a multicultural, democratic Britain and in the 21st century workplace.
Cooperative Learning will not only uncover which social skills are needed in each class and by each individual student, but allows systematic practice in every lesson while engaging in learning. By integrating SMSC, PSHE and Citizenship, Cooperative Learning frees resources.
The content-void nature of Cooperative Learning means your school may tailor social interaction to counter extremism and promote “fundamental British values” through personalised reflection and choice.
Book a free consultation now to uncover how Cooperative Learning
may develop social skills at your school.
‘‘‘Use active learning techniques;’’ ‘‘Be responsive in the classroom;’’
‘‘Promote respect for diversity;’’ “Foster critical thinking.”
[How to] respond simultaneously and responsibly to these multiple demands?
Barbara J. Millis IDEA Paper No. 38 Enhancing Learning - and More! - Through Cooperative Learning ©The IDEA Center, Inc.