Co-operation, Learning and Co-operative Values: Contemporary issues in education - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415725240 ISBN 13: 9780415725248

Publisher: Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

Tom Woodin is Senior Lecturer in Education at the Institute of Education, University of London.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415725240
• ISBN 13: 9780415725248
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 236
• Editor: Woodin Tom