Working As A Team

Resources

A list of resources for groups and teams

Items with an "IPSP" code are available to be borrowed from the IPSP lending library. Contact us to borrow materials. IPSP will ship them to you for free, but you are responsible for the costs of return postage sent media mail.

Creativity Resources

"de Bono, E. (1985). Six Thinking Hats . New York: Litle, Brown and Company. ISBN 0-316-17791-1

de Bono, E. (1976). Teaching Thinking . New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-1401-3785-8

de Bono, E. (1985). de Bono's Thinking Course . New York: Facts on File Publications. ISBN 0-8160-1895-2

de Bono, E. (1995). mind pack: an interactive guide to expanding your thinking skills . DK Publishing. ISBN 1-96458-864-5

Harste, J. & Short, K. (1996). Creating Classrooms for Authors and Inquirers . Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Michalko, M. (1991). Thinkertoys: A handbook of business creativity for the 90's . Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 0-89815-408-1

Conversational Resources

Fisher, R. & Ury, W. (1991). Getting to Yes: Negotiating agreement without giving in . New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-015735-2

Friend, M., & Cook, L. (1996). Interactions: Collaboration Skills for School Professionals , 2 nd ed. White Plains, NY: Longman Publishing ISBN 0-8013-0297-8

McDonald, J., Mohr, N., Dichter, A., & McDonald, E. (2003). The Power of Protocols: An educator's guide to better practice. New York: Teachers College Press. ISBN 0-8077-4361-5

Group/Team Resources

DuFour, R., & Eaker, R. (1998). Professional learning communities at work: Best practices for enhancing student achievement. Bloomington, IN: National Educational Service. ISBN 1-879639-60-2

Little, J. W. (2002). Professional communication and collaboration. In W. D. Hawley & D. Rollie (Eds.) The keys to effective schools: Educational reform as continuous improvement. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

Lieberman, A., & Miller, L. (2002). Transforming professional development: Understanding and organizing learning communities. In W. D. Hawley & D. Rollie (Eds.) The keys to effective schools: Educational reform as continuous improvement. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

Louth, C., Hole, S., & Rugen, L. (1995). Choosing collaboration: Teaching partnerships that changed individuals and their practice. Providence, RI: The Annenberg Institute for School Reform/Brown University. (Available www.annenberginstitute.org ). IPSP

Sapon-Shevin, M. (1999). Because we can change the world: A practical guide to building cooperative, inclusive classroom communities. Boston: Allyn & Bacon. IPSP

Senge, P., Cambron-McCabe, N., Lucas, T., Smith, B., Dutton, J., & Kleiner, A. (2001). Schools that Learn. New York: Currency/Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-49323-1 IPSP

Senge, P., Ross, R., Smith, B., Roberts, C., & Kleiner, A. (1994). Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies and tools for building a learning organization. New York:Currency/Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-47256-0 IPSP

Silva, P. & Frazer, E. (1996). Colleagues as critics: Two teachers reflect on a peer review experience. Providence, RI: The Annenberg Institute for School Reform/Brown University. (Available www.annenberginstitute.org ). IPSP

Systems Thinking Resources

Capra, F. (1996). The web of life: A new scientific understanding of living systems. New York: Anchor Books/Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-47675-2

Doll, W. (1993). A post-modern perspective on curriculum. New York: Teachers College Press. ISBN 0-8077-3447-0

Wheatley, M. (1999). Leadership and the new science: Discovering order in a chaotic world. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers. ISBN 1-57675-119-8

Fister, S. L. & DeBoer, A. (2000). Working Together: Tools for Collaborative Teaching. Longmont, CO: Sopris West. ISBN: 1570350469

Friend, M. & Cook, L. (2006). Interactions: Collaboration Skills for School Professionals. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon. ISBN: 0205483518

Pugach, M. C. & Johnson, L. J. (2002). Collaborative Practitioners Collaborative Schools. Denver, CO: Love Publishing Company. ISBN: 089108293

Thousand, J. S., Villa, R. A., & Nevin, A. I. (1994). Creativity and collaborative learning.
Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes. ISBN: 1557661588