How might Cooperative learning support to the establishment of an equatable classroom?
From: COMPLEX INSTRUCTION Elizabeth G. Cohen Keynote Speech for Cooperation and Diversity: Cooperative Learning in Intercultural Education Conference in Sodertalje, Sweden, August, 1997 Organized by the International Association for Intercultural Education Co-sponsored by IASCE “In equitable classrooms, teachers and students view each student as capable of learning both basic skills and substantive concepts. All students have access to challenging learning materials. Teachers do not deprive some students of access to materials demanding higher-order thinking and problem-solving on the grounds that they are not ready for abstract thinking. Teachers do not emphasize only basic skills for children who are not working at grade level and creative problem-solving and intellectual autonomy for others who are reading above grade level. In an equitable classroom students use each other as resources in small groups. However, within those small groups, classmates do not block access to interactio
