Co-operation, Learning and Co-operative Values - Contemporary issues in education (Hardcover)

The rapidity of change in education has intensified in recent years. With the emergence of co-operative schools increasing significantly and the new framework focusing heavily on co-operation, there is a direct challenge to traditional ways of thinking about education at both school and university level.

Co-operation, Learning and Co-operative values: Contemporary Issues in Education addresses the urgent need to describe, analyse and assess the development 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.

Integrating contributions from academics and practitioners from a range of backgrounds, topics covered include:

• Theories 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 and the wider context

This volume provides an essential introduction to a new and expanding area of research with contributions from many leading commentators in education including, Michael Fielding, Richard Pring and Tim Brighouse "Co-operation, Learning and Co-operative values: Contemporary Issues in Education and "will be of interest to researchers and educators interested in education and social policy. "

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