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Because We Can Change the World: A Practical Guide to Building Cooperative, Inclusive Classroom Communities
 
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Because We Can Change the World: A Practical Guide to Building Cooperative, Inclusive Classroom Communities (Paperback)

by Mara Sapon-Shevin (Author)
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  • Paperback: 262 pages
  • Publisher: Allyn & Bacon (1 Jul 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0205174892
  • ISBN-13: 978-0205174898
  • Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 17.8 x 1.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,304,134 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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At long last, a book that brings together issues of inclusion, cooperative learning, conflict resolution, social justice teaching, and community building in one place. With the increase of diverse students in the regular classroom, pre-service and in-service teachers often find themselves overwhelmed with how to provide a quality learning community. Mara Sapon-Shevin bridges theory with practice, explaining why we need cooperative, inclusive classroom communities and shows how to achieve them, one step at a time.

Because We Can Change the World delivers the possibility that teachers can create a warm, friendly, respectful, and nurturing environment for students in their classrooms and beyond. Discussing theory through vignettes and presenting practical activities, the book helps teachers show children how to understand and accept differences among themselves and in the world in a way that empowers them to make a difference.


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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A book that can make a difference, 11 Jul 1999
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I really enjoyed the way Mara Sapon-Shevin writes -- everything flows, everything is connected, and her choice of words is apt and evocative. It's also very well organized. Her ideas are elegant and yet simple, clear, and concise. She names the problems that exist and ways to address them, and illustrates them well with clear examples.

I found her discussions of competition, cooperation, children's feelings, etc., most interesting. I can see why she's sought after as a speaker across the country and world. She expresses ideas that our world needs, and expresses them fluently, passionately, honestly (sharing her own experiences), and convincingly.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Superb resource and text for beginning teachers, 28 Jun 1999
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I just tried out Mara Sapon-Shevin's new book in an introductory course for prospective elementary and middle school teachers. Students loved this book. They found the brief vignettes at the beginning of each chapter helpful in focusing their thoughts, the sections of each chapter helpful in organizing their ideas, and the games and songs targeted toward the goals of each chapter to be especially exciting and practical. Sapon-Shevin has enchantingly blended theory and practice in a way that was extremely accessible to my students. The themes of the book prompted a number of outstanding action-research projects. I found the students better able to comprehend significant concepts regarding learning and teaching that were hard to communicate in the past. And the students left the course generally realistic about the struggles for inclusive, caring classrooms, yet poised to join the struggle.

--Peter Appelbaum, William Paterson University

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5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for every person involved in education!, 28 Jun 1999
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This book is the perfect balance of inclusive philosophy and practical classroom how-tos. It rejuvinates the reader, reminding them of the need and possibility of teaching effectively, caringly and inclusively. Teachers and others will come away from this book with a wealth of useful tools, new ideas and practical ways to create caring classrooms where all teachers and students belong and progress together. This book leaves you feeling you truely can "Change the world" and gives you the tools and motivation you need to do it!
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