Cooperative Games in Education: Building Community Without Competition, Pre-K-12

ISBN-13: 9780807766668 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022

Suzanne Lyons

Spis treści

• Contents
• Foreword ix
• Acknowledgments xiii
• Introduction 1
• About Playing Together 1
• Why This Book? 3
• Contents of This Book 5
• PART I. FOUNDATIONS OF COOPERATIVE GAMES
• 1. What Are Cooperative Play and Games? 8
• Understanding Play 8
• Defining Cooperative Games 10
• A Brief History of Cooperative Games 10
• Theories of Learning and Play Supporting Cooperative Games 12
• Playful Learning 16
• Meeting Current Challenges in Play with Cooperative Games 17
• Chapter Summary 21
• Play to Learn—Try This! 22
• 2. Learning to Cooperate 24
• Understanding Cooperation 25
• Forms of Cooperation 26
• What Cooperation Is Not 27
• Roots of Cooperation 28
• Social Interdependence Theory: Cooperation versus Competition 30
• Learning Cooperation in School 32
• Teaching Cooperation Through Play and Games 33
• What Research Says About Teaching Cooperation Through Games 35
• Chapter Summary 36
• Play to Learn—Try This! 37
• 3. Rethinking Competition 39
• Defining Terms 40
• Documented Downsides of Competition 42
• Handling Competition With Care in the Classroom 48
• Chapter Summary 49
• Play to Learn—Try This! 50
• PART II. SOME COOPERATIVE GAMES AND GUIDELINES FOR PRACTICE
• 4. A Gallery of Cooperative Games 52
• Cooperative Games for Welcoming and Inclusion 53
• Cooperative Games for Trust-Building and Empathy 55
• Cooperative Games for Community-Building 56
• Cooperative Games to Prevent Bullying 57
• Cooperative Games for Young Children 59
• Cooperative Games for Older Children, Tweens, and Teens 61
• Cooperative Games to Teach Language Arts 62
• Cooperative Games to Teach Math 63
• Cooperative Games to Teach Science 64
• Classic Cooperative Play Activities 66
• Chapter Summary 66
• Play to Learn—Try This! 67
• 5. A Guide to Facilitating Cooperative Games 68
• The Five Steps of Facilitating Games 69
• Designing Cooperative Games 75
• Converting Competitive Games to Cooperative Games 78
• Chapter Summary 79
• Play to Learn—Try This! 79
• PART III. APPLICATIONS OF COOPERATIVE GAMES
• 6. Cooperative Games to Support Cooperative Learning 82
• Background on Cooperative Learning 83
• Using Cooperative Games to Support Cooperative Learning 85
• A Cooperative Games Training Program for Cooperative Learning 86
• Chapter Summary 91
• Play to Learn—Try This! 91
• 7. Cooperative Games and the "Soft Skills" 93
• Teaching the Whole Student 93
• Pedagogy of Cooperative Games for Social and Emotional Learning 94
• Cooperative Games and Classroom Climate 98
• Cooperative Games for Moral Education 100
• Chapter Summary 101
• Play to Learn—Try This! 102
• 8. Cooperative Games to Prevent Aggression 103
• The Aggressive Student 103
• Group Aggression: Fighting Together 105
• Treating Group Aggression 110
• Cooperative Games to Reduce Group Aggression at School 112
• Chapter Summary 116
• Play to Learn—Try This! 117
• 9. Cooperative Games in Early Childhood Education 119
• Young Children and Play 120
• Cooperative Play—The Capstone of Early Childhood Social Development 122
• How Cooperative Play Promotes Social Development 123
• Two Definitions of Cooperative Play 125
• Summary of Important Differences Between Competitive and Cooperative Play 126
• How to Use Cooperative Games in the Early Childhood Classroom 128
• Chapter Summary 133
• Play to Learn—Try This! 134
• Epilogue: Putting It All Together: A Pedagogy of Cooperative Games 136
• Elements of the Pedagogical Framework 136
• Conclusion 139
• Appendix A. Answers to Questions for Reflection 141
• Appendix B. Resources for Further Exploration 145
• References 147
• Index 154
• About the Author 161