Co-operation, Learning and Co-operative Values

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

"It is rare that visions for radical social, economic and cultural change are accompanied by both rich histories of struggle and compelling examples of actually existing accomplishment; it is even rarer to find accounts of such possibilities that are convincing in a new educational order which specialises in cultivating despair. Co-operation, Learning and Co-operative Values is an antidote to this mystification and should be read widely by anyone seeking inspiration for their own visions and strategies for transforming education." - Sarah Amsler, University of Lincoln

• 1. An introduction to co-operative education in past and present Part I: Frameworks for co-operative education 2. Why co-operative schools should oppose competition and what they might do instead 3. Richard Pring, No school can go it alone: the necessity of partnership and co-operation 4. Philip A. Woods, Co-operativism as an alternative: choice, assimilation and challenge Part II: Co-operative schools 5. Gail Davidge, Keri Facer and John Schostak, Co-operatives, democracy and education: a critical reflection 6. Sarah Jones, Contrived collegiality? Investigating the efficacy co-operative teacher development 7. Ashley Simpson, Co-operative democracy in practice – a learner’s perspective 8. Dave Brockington, The impact of co-operative skills and approaches on young people’s development and attainment: an ASDAN perspective 9. Tom Woodin, Co-operative schools: putting values into practice Part III: Co-operative education in co-operatives and higher education 10. Stephen Yeo, The co-operative university? Transforming higher education 11. Diarmuid McDonnell & Elizabeth Macknight, Policy, principles and practice: co-operative studies in higher education 12. Linda Shaw, A turning point? Mapping co-operative education in the UK 13. Ian MacPherson, Mainstreaming some lacunae: developing co-operative studies as an interdisciplinary, international field of enquiry Co-operation and competition – a commentary by Tim Brighouse Conclusion Appendix Statement of Co-operative Identity