Collaborating With Students in Instruction and Decision Making
The Untapped Resource

Edited by:

Richard A. Villa - Bayridge Consortium
Jacqueline S. Thousand - California State University-San Marcos
Ann I. Nevin - Arizona State University, USA

Foreword by Paula Kluth and Peyton Goddard

Other Titles in:
Inclusive Education | Learning & the Brain | Learning Styles

June 2010 | 248 pages | Corwin

This book offers practical strategies to help primary and secondary educators coach and mentor their students to become co-teachers, decision-makers, and advocates. In this unique resource for educators who are attempting to meet the needs of a diverse student population in mixed-ability classrooms, Richard A. Villa, Jacqueline S. Thousand, and Ann I. Nevin anchor practical examples within the current theories of learning and evidence-based research on these non-traditional student roles. Readers will find:

- Practical, hands-on resources

- Assessment tools

- Lesson plans in user-friendly formats

- Many personal case studies

Collaborating With Students in Instruction and Decision Making provides easy-to-implement methods that can be used in classrooms, school buildings, or across school districts. The book's content is ideal for staff development personnel and school district curriculum specialists as well as faculty in colleges of education dedicated to the development of the teaching, decision making, and the advancement of students' advocacy skills.

Foreword: The Importance of Students' Voices by Paula Kluth and Peyton Goddard

List of Tables

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

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

Glossary

Resources

A. Cooperative Group Learning Lesson Plan

B. Peer Tutor Lesson Plan

C. Co-Teaching Lesson Plan

D. Syllabus for High School Course for Teaching Students to Be Co-Teachers

E. Template for Product-Activity Matrix Integrating Bloom’s Taxonomy and Gardner’s Multiple Intelligence Theory

F. Template for Facts about the Learner, Classroom Demands, Mismatches, and Potential Solutions

G. Student Collaboration Quiz (for students)

References

Index

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Letter to the Reader

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