Collaborating with Students in Instruction

This bookÂ offers practical strategies to help K'12 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 across the United States 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
List of Tables
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction
Letter to the Reader
Why Collaborate with Students?
Student Collaboration Facilitates 21st Century Goals of Education
Student Collaboration is Democratic Schooling
Student Collaboration Increases Self-Determination
Student Collaboration Increases Academic and Social Competence
Student Collaboration Facilitates Other School Reform Efforts
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
Glossary
Resources
Cooperative Group Learning Lesson Plan
Peer Tutor Lesson Plan
Co-Teaching Lesson Plan
Syllabus for High School Course for Teaching Students to Be Co-Teachers
Template for Product-Activity Matrix Integrating Bloom's Taxonomy and Gardner's Multiple Intelligence Theory
Template for Facts about the Learner, Classroom Demands, Mismatches, and Potential Solutions
Student Collaboration Quiz (for students)
References
Index
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