Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-153) and index.
Contents:
Conclusion. About Playing Together ; Why This Book? ; Contents of This Book -- 9. FOUNDATIONS OF COOPERATIVE GAMES. 1. What Are Cooperative Play and Games? ; Understanding Play ; Defining Cooperative Games ; A Brief History of Cooperative Games ; Theories of Learning and Play Supporting Cooperative Games ; Playful Learning ; Meeting Current Challenges in Play with Cooperative Games ; Chapter Summary ; Play to Learn ; Try This! ; 2. Learning to Cooperate ; Understanding Cooperation ; Forms of Cooperation ; What Cooperation Is Not ; Roots of Cooperation ; Social Interdependence Theory: Cooperation versus Competition ; Learning Cooperation in School ; Teaching Cooperation Through Play and Games ; What Research Says About Teaching Cooperation Through Games ; Chapter Summary ; Play to Learn ; Try This! ; 3. Rethinking Competition ; Defining Terms ; Documented Downsides of Competition ; Handling Competition With Care in the Classroom ; Chapter Summary ; Play to Learn ; Try This! -- pt. II. SOME COOPERATIVE GAMES AND GUIDELINES FOR PRACTICE. 4. A Gallery of Cooperative Games ; Cooperative Games for Welcoming and Inclusion ; Cooperative Games for Trust-Building and Empathy ; Cooperative Games for Community-Building ; Cooperative Games to Prevent Bullying ; Cooperative Games for Young Children ; Cooperative Games for Older Children, Tweens, and Teens ; Cooperative Games to Teach Language Arts ; Cooperative Games to Teach Math ; Cooperative Games to Teach Science ; Classic Cooperative Play Activities ; Chapter Summary ; Play to Learn ; Try This! ; 5. A Guide to Facilitating Cooperative Games ; The Five Steps of Facilitating Games ; Designing Cooperative Games ; Converting Competitive Games to Cooperative Games ; Chapter Summary ; Play to Learn ; Try This! -- pt. III. APPLICATIONS OF COOPERATIVE GAMES. 6. Cooperative Games to Support Cooperative Learning ; Background on Cooperative Learning ; Using Cooperative Games to Support Cooperative Learning ; A Cooperative Games Training Program for Cooperative Learning ; Chapter Summary ; Play to Learn ; Try This! ; 7. Cooperative Games and the "Soft Skills" ; Teaching the Whole Student ; Pedagogy of Cooperative Games for Social and Emotional Learning ; Cooperative Games and Classroom Climate ; Cooperative Games for Moral Education ; Chapter Summary ; Play to Learn ; Try This! ; 8. Cooperative Games to Prevent Aggression ; The Aggressive Student ; Group Aggression: Fighting Together ; Treating Group Aggression ; Cooperative Games to Reduce Group Aggression at School ; Chapter Summary ; Play to Learn ; Try This! ; 9. Cooperative Games in Early Childhood Education ; Young Children and Play ; Cooperative Play ; The Capstone of Early Childhood Social Development ; How Cooperative Play Promotes Social Development ; Two Definitions of Cooperative Play ; Summary of Important Differences Between Competitive and Cooperative Play ; How to Use Cooperative Games in the Early Childhood Classroom ; Chapter Summary ; Play to Learn ; Try This! -- Epilogue: Putting It All Together: A Pedagogy of Cooperative Games. Elements of the Pedagogical Framework ; Conclusion.
Summary:
This is a comprehensive guide to the world of cooperative play and games for pre-K–12 learning. It includes a thorough pedagogical rationale and guidelines for practice, a survey of related research and scholarship, engaging anecdotes, illustrations, historical background, and an array of sample games to try. In cooperative games, players win or lose together, sharing the experience of fun and challenge. No one can be eliminated in a cooperative game. What is eliminated is us-versus-them perception and zero-sum thinking. When students come to see each other as allies, rather than rivals, there are profound interpersonal effects that enhance community, inclusion, and a positive classroom climate where all can learn and thrive. This accessible, lively resource explains the value of cooperative games with guidance to help teachers use them for maximum social-emotional and academic benefit. This book will also be of interest to the broader community of administrators, therapists, school psychologists, game designers, child-care providers, and others who care for children and need tools that foster healthy development, positive relationships, and joy. This book offers a discussion of some of the most salient applications of cooperative games, such as social-emotional learning, academic subject-area instruction, cooperative learning, trauma-sensitive practice, bullying prevention, early childhood education, and more. User-friendly features such as questions for reflection, end-of-chapter games, charming author-generated illustrations, and classroom vignettes are also included. The book provides a synthesis of interdisciplinary scholarship that includes the work of Montessori, Piaget, Froebel, and Dewey, as well as perspectives from neuroscience and evolutionary biology. The book also highlights the history of cooperative games, from their origin as a tool for peace education to their role as a pop-culture entertainment phenomenon. -- Adapted from publisher's description.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.