Explains why powerful educational innovations like "cooperative learning" do not always reach their full potential in everyday classrooms.

Describes different forms of professional development for cooperative learning and shows how the use of cooperative learning in professional development is lead

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The contributors to this book, many of whom are recognised world experts on cooperative learning, make insightful links between the theories that underpin the s