| Contributors | vii | ||
| Series editor’s preface | ix | ||
| PART I COOPERATIVE LEARNING AND SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSROOMS | |||
| Introduction | 3 | ||
| 1 | Roots of cooperative learning in general education | 9 | |
| George M. Jacobs, Steven G. McCafferty, and Ana Christina DaSilva Iddings | |||
| 2 | Connections between cooperative learning and second language learning and teaching | 18 | |
| George M. Jacobs and Steven G. McCafferty | |||
| 3 | Issues in implementing cooperative learning | 30 | |
| George M. Jacobs | |||
| PART II TEACHER NARRATIVES | |||
| Introduction | 49 | ||
| 4 | Cooperative learning in a multilingual kindergarten | 55 | |
| Ana Christina DaSilva Iddings and Steven G. McCafferty | |||
| 5 | Using cooperative learning with primary school students | 74 | |
| Ghazi Ghaith and Anwar Kawtharani | |||
| 6 | Using cooperative learning to teach French at the secondary school level | 92 | |
| Pete Jones and Anne Taylor | |||
| 7 | Implementing cooperative learning with secondary school students | 113 | |
| Sheila Wee and George M. Jacobs | |||
| 8 | Integrating global education and cooperative learning in a university foreign language reading class | 134 | |
| Jane Joritz-Nakagawa | |||
| 9 | Teaching, practicing, and celebrating a cooperative learning model | 153 | |
| Kim Hughes Wilhelm | |||
| Conclusion | 177 | ||
| Ana Christina DaSilva Iddings | |||
| Appendix: Cooperative learning techniques and activities | 181 | ||
| George M. Jacobs | |||
| References | 197 | ||
| Index | 215 | ||