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Learning Cooperatively under Challenging Circumstances

Author : Christine Schmalenbach
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3658213337
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (582 download)

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Download or read book Learning Cooperatively under Challenging Circumstances written by Christine Schmalenbach and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christine Schmalenbach examines the use and potential of cooperation among students at high-risk schools in El Salvador with the objective of facilitating a culture- and context-sensitive use of cooperative learning in this setting and in similar ones in other countries. At the core is an ethnography of a marginalized neighborhood in the metropolitan area of San Salvador. The author collected data throughout a school year, mostly through participant observation and interviews with teachers, students, parents, and co-workers of a local NGO. To provide context, she conducted a literature review on the history of cooperation among students in El Salvador and implemented an exploratory survey among teachers in the same municipality.

Contemporary Global Perspectives on Cooperative Learning

Author : Robyn M. Gillies
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000857166
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Book Synopsis Contemporary Global Perspectives on Cooperative Learning by : Robyn M. Gillies

Download or read book Contemporary Global Perspectives on Cooperative Learning written by Robyn M. Gillies and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-03-29 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume captures contemporary global developments in cooperative learning (CL) across varied educational contexts, levels, and disciplines. Cooperative learning is widely recognized as a pedagogical practice that promotes socialization and learning among students, from kindergarten to tertiary education and across different subject domains. With chapters from contributors throughout the Global North and South, this comprehensive volume offers a wide-ranging perspective and addresses a range of cooperative learning pedagogies including relational, online, and peer learning, STAD, the Jigsaw model, and dialogic talk. The chapters draw on novel empirical research and theory to highlight best practices in cooperative learning, whilst also considering the challenges, limitations, and factors which drive or inhibit learner engagement and success. Consistent attention is given to the pivotal role of the educator in implementing cooperative learning to maximum benefit to enhance students’ affective, social, cognitive, and metacognitive learning. Thus, this book will appeal to scholars and researchers across a variety of subjects; and will provide an additional benefit to in-service and pre-service educators who already practice cooperative learning in their classrooms, as well as those who are interested in implementing the model.

Research and Evaluation in Education and Psychology

Author : Donna M. Mertens
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1544333773
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (443 download)

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Download or read book Research and Evaluation in Education and Psychology written by Donna M. Mertens and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2019-02-04 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated to align with the American Psychological Association and the National Council of Accreditation of Teacher Education accreditation requirements. Focused on increasing the credibility of research and evaluation, the Fifth Edition of Research and Evaluation in Education and Psychology: Integrating Diversity with Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Methods incorporates the viewpoints of various research paradigms into its descriptions of these methods. Students will learn to identify, evaluate, and practice good research, with special emphasis on conducting research in culturally complex communities, based on the perspectives of women, LGBTQ communities, ethnic/racial minorities, and people with disabilities. In each chapter, Dr. Donna M. Mertens carefully explains a step of the research process—from the literature review to analysis and reporting—and includes a sample study and abstract to illustrate the concepts discussed. The new edition includes over 30 new research studies and contemporary examples to demonstrate research methods including: Black girls and school discipline: The complexities of being overrepresented and understudied (Annamma, S.A., Anyon, Y., Joseph, N.M., Farrar, J., Greer, E., Downing, B., & Simmons, J.) Learning Cooperatively under Challenging Circumstances: Cooperation among Students in High-Risk Contexts in El Salvador (Christine Schmalenbach) Replicated Evidence of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Disability Identification in U.S. Schools (Morgan, et. al.) Relation of white-matter microstructure to reading ability and disability in beginning readers (Christodoulu, et. al.) Arts and mixed methods research: an innovative methodological merger (Archibald, M.M. & Gerber, N.)

Mobile Schools

Author : Theresa Schaller
Publisher : Verlag Barbara Budrich
ISBN 13 : 3847416561
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book Mobile Schools written by Theresa Schaller and published by Verlag Barbara Budrich. This book was released on 2020-12-14 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wie kann mobil lebenden Kindern Zugang zu Bildung ermöglicht werden? Diese Publikation beschäftigt sich mit der Notwendigkeit und dem Aufbau eines mobilen Schulsystems für Pastoralisten (Wanderhirten) in Nordkenia. Das zugrundeliegende System der Lernleitern bietet Schüler*innen und Lehrer*innen ein zuverlässiges System für individualisiertes Lernen in heterogenen Lerngemeinschaften. Das Buch gibt einen praktischen Einblick in die internationale Entwicklungszusammenarbeit, die kooperative Lernmaterialentwicklung und Lehrerbildung in dem Schulentwicklungsprojekt INES (Illeret Nomadic Education System).

Constructive Talk in Challenging Classrooms

Author : Valerie Coultas
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134141432
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book Constructive Talk in Challenging Classrooms written by Valerie Coultas and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-12-04 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Constructive Talk in Challenging Classrooms gives the practising teacher advice on how to make learning fun through the use of ‘talk’ and collaborative group work. Using clear examples, tried and tested in some of the most challenging classrooms in inner city schools, the book offers practical and honest advice on both the difficulties and rewards that can be gained when employing all forms of talk-based teaching in the classroom. Packed with real examples of successful talk based lessons with children of all abilities and needs, this book will show teachers how they can succeed in overcoming problems of disruption and engage even the most difficult pupils in real learning through talk. The book shows that bringing the child's individual experience into a lesson through talk has huge emotional and psychological benefits – this can be particularly marked in classrooms where there are low levels of literacy, behaviour issues or where pupils’ first language is not English. The author argues that talk is vital for building positive relationships and essential for successful teaching, particularly in the difficult classrooms. This inspiring title is essential reading for any teacher interested in building trust and making learning fun and meaningful for all.

Co-operation, Learning and Co-operative Values

Author : Tom Woodin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317695194
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Co-operation, Learning and Co-operative Values written by Tom Woodin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-24 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rapidity of change in education has intensified in recent years. With the emergence of ‘co-operative schools’ and a new framework focusing heavily on co-operation, a direct challenge to ways of thinking about education, at both school and university level, has developed. Co-operation, Learning and Co-operative Values addresses the urgent need to describe, analyse and assess the growth of co-operative education. The relationship between co-operation and education is a complex process and this book critically reflects on the tensions and obstacles facing this movement. It brings together the contributions of academics and practitioners from a range of backgrounds, and explores topics including: Theories and histories of co-operative values and principles Critical views of the practice of co-operative education Case studies of processes in action from both schools and higher education Co-operative education in a wider context This book provides an essential introduction to a new and expanding area of research with chapters by many leading commentators in education. It will be of interest to researchers and educators interested in education and social policy.

Learning to Learn together

Author : Wendy Jolliffe
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317214978
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book Learning to Learn together written by Wendy Jolliffe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together a range of international studies to support the implementation of cooperative group work in the classroom. In spite of extensive research into the benefits of this approach, in many countries, it is not widely used, largely due to a lack of understanding of how to put this into practice in the classroom. Starting from an exploration of the theoretical perspectives that underpin this pedagogy, the challenges for including pupils with special educational needs and related status issues of pupils are explored. Amongst the themes explored are how creative approaches, such as Storyline, support engagement particularly for second language learning; how working with young children using cooperative group work can develop writing skills; and how teachers can work together in an effective, collaborative, and sustained manner in a professional learning community. The final chapter provides a vivid example of one teacher’s personal journal to develop her understanding of the power of cooperation in creating bridges to meaningful learning for all learners. This book was originally published as a special issue of Education 3-13.

Cooperative Learning

Author : Robyn M. Gillies
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1452222975
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (522 download)

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Download or read book Cooperative Learning written by Robyn M. Gillies and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2007-03-16 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Gilles focuses the majority of the book on the relationship in the classroom between the individual teacher and the students. She gives teachers ammunition to overcome resistance to cooperative learning by presenting well-substantiated research on virtually every page of her book showing the benefits of having students study together." —Ted Wohlfarth, PSYCCRITIQUES "This text's greatest strengths are bringing together a range of powerful teaching strategies connected to students taking responsibility for their own learning and the learning of others. The focus on both teacher strategies to encourage effective group talk and student strategies to encourage effective discourse is helpful." —Nancy L. Markowitz, San Jose State University Although cooperative learning is widely endorsed as a pedagogical practice that promotes learning and socialization among students, teachers still struggle with how to introduce it into their classrooms. This text highlights the strategies teachers can use to challenge student thinking and scaffold their learning as well as the strategies students can be taught to promote discourse, problem—solving, and learning during cooperative learning. Key Features Presents cooperative learning in conjunction with national standards: The book situates cooperative learning within the context of No Child Left Behind and a climate of high stakes testing. Links theory with practice: Numerous case studies and small group exercises highlight how teachers can assess both the process and outcomes of cooperative learning. Emphasizes the key role teachers play in establishing cooperative learning: Guidelines are given on how teachers can establish cooperative learning in their classrooms to promote student engagement and learning across various levels and for students of diverse abilities. Incorporates the latest research on cooperative learning: An overview is provided of the major research and theoretical perspectives that underpin the development of cooperative learning pedagogy. Intended Audience This is an excellent supplementary text for several undergraduate and graduate level K—12 teacher preparation and certification courses regularly offered in schools of education. It can also be used as one of several texts in courses on cooperative learning and as a supplement in K—12 teaching methods courses. Talk to the author! [email protected]

Student Centered Cooperative Learning

Author : George M Jacobs
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811372136
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (113 download)

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Download or read book Student Centered Cooperative Learning written by George M Jacobs and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book helps teachers understand the links between cooperative learning (also known as collaborative learning and peer learning) and other student-centered approaches. It discusses cooperative learning and communities of practice; cooperative learning and neuroscience; cooperative learning and critical thinking; cooperative learning and alternative assessment; cooperative learning and multiple intelligence; cooperative learning and positive education; cooperative learning and meeting the needs of introverts; and cooperative learning and justice issues, with each chapter exploring a different aspect of how education can be student centered. If you are looking for a fresh perspective on cooperative learning, this book is for you. It helps you explore how cooperative learning is so much more than just asking students to arrange themselves in a group, and considers how cooperative learning can fit with other areas of education that you care about. Although the two authors both completed their PhDs in the West, they have taught in Asia for the past 25+ years, working with students and teachers from a wide variety of Asian and other countries, and with teachers from a very wide variety of content areas who teach students of many different ages.

Cooperative Learning

Author : Adrian Ashman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134412193
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book Cooperative Learning written by Adrian Ashman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-12-16 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book recognizes the importance of cooperative learning, in contrast to the traditional classroom, as an effective approach to learning. Its coverage of the subject ranges across the educational spectrum, from pre-school years to university, and offers a fresh perspective on a topic that has gained increasing interest worldwide. With contributions from an international panel of leading experts in the field, this engaging text succeeds in providing key insights, linking the theories that underpin the study of group dynamics to their practical application in the classroom. It presents a comprehensive overview of this alternative educative approach, illustrating how cooperative learning experiences can promote socialisation and friendships, and facilitate learning. The editors assemble a range of well-researched essays, covering such aspects as: * The importance of teacher and student interaction * Small group, virtual and non-virtual teaching environments * Assessment practices for measuring the outcomes of individual and group progress * The effect of cooperative learning on relationships amongst students with diverse cultural, social and learning needs. Illustrated with practical examples throughout, this book will be a crucial read for teacher educators, educational psychologists, student teachers, academics and researchers who want to realize the significant potential of cooperative learning in all educational settings.

Developing Students’ Statistical Reasoning

Author : Joan Garfield
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402083831
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Developing Students’ Statistical Reasoning written by Joan Garfield and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-09-08 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increased attention is being paid to the need for statistically educated citizens: statistics is now included in the K-12 mathematics curriculum, increasing numbers of students are taking courses in high school, and introductory statistics courses are required in college. However, increasing the amount of instruction is not sufficient to prepare statistically literate citizens. A major change is needed in how statistics is taught. To bring about this change, three dimensions of teacher knowledge need to be addressed: their knowledge of statistical content, their pedagogical knowledge, and their statistical-pedagogical knowledge, i.e., their specific knowledge about how to teach statistics. This book is written for mathematics and statistics educators and researchers. It summarizes the research and highlights the important concepts for teachers to emphasize, and shows the interrelationships among concepts. It makes specific suggestions regarding how to build classroom activities, integrate technological tools, and assess students’ learning. This is a unique book. While providing a wealth of examples through lessons and data sets, it is also the best attempt by members of our profession to integrate suggestions from research findings with statistics concepts and pedagogy. The book’s message about the importance of listening to research is loud and clear, as is its message about alternative ways of teaching statistics. This book will impact instructors, giving them pause to consider: "Is what I’m doing now really the best thing for my students? What could I do better?" J. Michael Shaughnessy, Professor, Dept of Mathematical Sciences, Portland State University, USA This is a much-needed text for linking research and practice in teaching statistics. The authors have provided a comprehensive overview of the current state-of-the-art in statistics education research. The insights they have gleaned from the literature should be tremendously helpful for those involved in teaching and researching introductory courses. Randall E. Groth, Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education, Salisbury University, USA

The Teacher′s Sourcebook for Cooperative Learning

Author : George M. Jacobs
Publisher : Corwin Press
ISBN 13 : 1483360784
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book The Teacher′s Sourcebook for Cooperative Learning written by George M. Jacobs and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2002-07-23 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Teacher′s Sourcebook for Cooperative Learning has ideas and activities that can be used by all teachers who want to improve their classroom management and promote community building." Rebecca Den Hartog, Elementary Classroom Teacher Mercer Island School District Mercer Island, WA "I unreservedly recommend this important resource to any preservice or inservice teachers of young children." Chris Iddings, Assistant Professor of Language and Literacy Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN "The authors reveal considerable wealth of experience as teachers and as users of CL. This will be a very successful book." Jon A. Scaife, Lecturer in Education School of Education, University of Sheffield Sheffield, England Can today′s students excel individually by working in tandem with their peers? Yes! says this dynamic team of authors who have combined their first-hand experience and in-depth research to create this essential guidebook. In The Teacher′s Sourcebook for Cooperative Learning, the authors demonstrate how any classroom teacher can use CL techniques for lesson planning and classroom management. Learn how to: Incorporate the basic principles of CL into everyday learning experiences Improve students′ collaborative skills, positive interdependence, and individual accountability Prepare for, manage, and create tasks for CL lessons Handle special situations, avoid trouble spots, and collaborate with other teachers, administrators, and parents This exciting book represents best practice based on hands-on experience and in-depth research. Incorporate these principles into your lesson plan and see how you can achieve one of every educator′s most rewarding contributions . . . helping students to help themselves, and each other.

Effective School Leadership in Challenging Times

Author : Liz Browne
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429589204
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (295 download)

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Download or read book Effective School Leadership in Challenging Times written by Liz Browne and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-29 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Education leadership has been subject to a period of turmoil with rapid social change, political demands for excellence, economic pressures for austerity and the influence of technology impacting on leadership roles in multiple ways. This book draws on real examples of practice to identify the key challenges facing educational leadership and how these might be overcome drawing on recent research and interventions that have impacted positively on learner outcomes and teacher retention. Covering all aspects of leadership including school improvement, vision and values, working with partners and leading change, the book launches the concept of atomic leadership, advocating small steps to change for maximum momentum and large-scale impact. It reveals how leaders can cooperate to trial new ways of learning and disseminate their successes and failures with a new honesty and openness about what works in our schools. With reflective tasks in every chapter, this text will inspire debate and inform discussion at staff meetings and is essential reading for all school leaders as well as those undertaking master-level courses in educational leadership and or pursuing the National Professional Qualifications in leadership.

Addressing Difficult Situations in Foreign-Language Learning

Author : Gerrard Mugford
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429810113
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)

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Download or read book Addressing Difficult Situations in Foreign-Language Learning written by Gerrard Mugford and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-09 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines a neglected area of foreign-language teaching and learning: difficult and aggressive situations. The author presents the real-life experiences of language users and analyses how these individuals have dealt with confusion, impoliteness and hostility in target-language contexts in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom and within their home country. By constructing a student-centred pedagogical model around the data collected, the author considers the choices available to language learners in difficult situations, as well as tools for language learners to develop pragmalinguistic and sociopragmatic resources.

Developing Inclusive Schools

Author : Mel Ainscow
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040016502
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Developing Inclusive Schools written by Mel Ainscow and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-04-30 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this groundbreaking book, one of the world’s leading authorities on ways of developing equitable education systems addresses the greatest challenge facing education systems around the world, that of developing schools that are effective in educating all children. Using evidence from research carried over the last 25 years in many countries, Mel Ainscow explains pathways to be followed in order to turn the global aspiration for inclusion and equity into policy and practices in the field. Making extensive use of examples from different parts of the world, Developing Inclusive Schools provides: Practical guidance for teachers regarding ways of making their lessons inclusive Accounts of how this thinking has been implemented in schools Advice for school leaders on how to create an inclusive culture within their organisations Examples of how inclusion and equity have influenced national policies in different contexts Explanations of the implications for policy makers, researchers and teacher educators Developing Inclusive Schools will be of huge significance to researchers, educators and practitioners in the fields of education policy and politics, inclusion and special education around the world.

House of Commons - Education Committee: School partnerships and Cooperation - HC 269

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Education Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780215063458
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (634 download)

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Download or read book House of Commons - Education Committee: School partnerships and Cooperation - HC 269 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Education Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2013-11-06 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Government wants schools to take more responsibility for themselves and each other in delivering a true self-improving school system. It wants schools to look not to local authorities for expertise but to each other. We have no problem with that vision and think the wide range of models and structures already in place is a strength and proof of vitality. We support moves to give schools more freedom to innovate but we argue that the creation of a self-improving system needs a degree of coordination and strong incentives to encourage schools to look beyond their own school gate. Otherwise there is a danger that many schools will operate in isolation rather than in cooperation. Academy chains are generally performing well but raise particular questions and need specific solutions. We recommend that it should be made clear how academies can leave chains either with or without mutual consent. We also call for the Department for Education to monitor more effectively the extent to which convertor academies meet the expectation that they should support other schools. The report calls for, amongst other recommendations, that: Ofsted to be given the powers to inspect academy chains and for Government to formalise procedures for schools to leave academy chains by mutual consent, and to set out how an outstanding school can leave a chain against the wishes of the chain management

Learning to Lead Together

Author : Janet H. Chrispeels
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1452266948
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (522 download)

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Download or read book Learning to Lead Together written by Janet H. Chrispeels and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2004-04-05 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Too often the response to good ideas is ′it won′t work here.′ This book respects that perspective by providing school leaders with studies from the field that describe efforts that have and have not worked. The concept of shared leadership is presented in a ′real world′ context, including the voices of those who don′t want it. The reader will develop a better understanding of what true collaboration can look like along with the challenges leaders may face as the culture of their school adapts to change." —Stephen Gruenert, Indiana State University "Learning to Lead Together connects leadership theory with experiences from the field—it is very useful to practitioners and to individuals preparing for formal school leadership positions." —Albert H. Fein, Gonzaga University "Janet Chrispeel′s Learning to Lead Together provides a rich anthology of real experiences of school based leaders caught in the vortex of leading and learning on the one hand and teaching and leading on the other. I highly recommend this new work to students seeking real answers to real problems." —James C. Moulton, Jr., Consulting Principal, Fairfax County Public Schools Learning to Lead Together: The Promise and Challenge of Sharing Leadership examines the dilemmas for school leaders and administrators, and the benefits for schools and students, when principals work with teachers (and their communities) to share leadership. Most schools function within existing hierarchical structures that contradict and undermine many of the conditions necessary for shared leadership. Current school reform initiatives and policies urge or require that teachers be actively involved in decision-making without addressing systemic dilemmas and paradoxes. Through real-life single and multiple case studies, Learning to Lead Together addresses how principals and their staffs struggle with the challenge of shared leadership, how they encourage teacher growth and development, and how shared leadership can lead to higher levels of student learning. The cases show how shared leadership, a powerful adaptive change, is socially constructed across contexts and evolves as teachers and principals learn how to work together. The book also illustrates how principal preparation and professional development programs that utilize problem-based learning and provide opportunities for genuine collaboration with colleagues can provide school leaders with the skills they need to share leadership and accountability effectively. This book is ideally suited as a supplemental text for courses in educational leadership and administration. School administrators, superintendents, and principals will also find this an invaluable reference.