Children Helping Children
Published on 28. March 1990
Book
Hardback
406 pages
978-0-471-92292-6 (ISBN)
Description
There has been a recognition for a very long time of the potential value of children as helpers of other children in educational settings, and over the past two decades there has been a steady growth in the development of structured same-age and cross-age peer tutoring programmes. Many such programmes have been developed for highly specific educational purposes such as teaching children with reading disabilities or other particular deficits and their application is still by no means widespread. Outside the classroom, however, peer helping relationships have received minimal attention. Yet there clearly are other vitally important contexts for studying the impact of peer relations. This is essentially a review book and it is designed to reflect the state of research at the present time. The bulk of the chapters indicate a clear bias towards educational applications. The aim of the book is to bring together in a single volume some of the most influential thinking and research in these various fields.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
9 line drawings, 5 tables, index
Dimensions
Height: 237 mm
Width: 157 mm
Weight
700 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-92292-6 (9780471922926)
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Content
Part 1 Peer tutoring and collaboration: social and historical perspectives on peer teaching in education, Lilya Wagner; the development of individual competencies through social interaction, Willem Doise; theoretical issues in peer tutoring, Hugh C.Foot et al; pupil tutoring - the development of internality and improved school attendance, Andre J.Imich; peer tutoring for low-progress readers using "pause, prompt and praise, Kevin Wheldall and Susan Colmar; computer-based learning - the social dimensions, Paul Light and Agnes Blaye. Part 2 Cooperative learning: cooperative learning and helping behaviour in the multi-ethnic classroom, Shlomo Sharan; teacher versus peer-mediated instruction - a review of educational advantages and disadvantages, Charles R.Greenwood et al; cooperative learning among special students, Adrian F.Ashman and John Elkins; learning from one another, Helen Cowie and Jean Rudduck. Part 3 Social and clinical issues: children helping children in the family - development perspectives on sibling relationships, Catherine R.Cooper and Linda St.John; peer interactions and the development of handicapped children's social and communicative competence, Michael J. Guralnick; smoking education and peer group influence, Michelle J.Morgan and J.Richard Eiser; childhood illness - the child as helper, Rosalyn H.Shute and Douglas Paton; group therapy with children and adolescents, Rosalyn H.Shute and Richard Pates.