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Is Competition Ever Appropriate in a Cooperative Classroom?

Kohn

1993

A case is made that students should never be put in a competitive environment in schools.

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Jacqueline NelsonA Black woman with long black hair and glasses.
Jacqueline is a Director of Equity and Inclusion, committed to establishing institutional equity & culturally responsive practices.
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Reimagining public middle schools in Western Michigan.
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Listening and learning from 400+ young people & educators.

Matthew Byars

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A middle school teacher for almost 25 years, Matt currently serves as the Director of Service & Experiential Learning, 6th Grade Team Leader, and a 6th Grade English teacher at St. Paul’s School.

Team 1 and Team 5

July 9, 2020

One of the ways I do this is by making up games, like a lot of teachers do, and because I’m an English teacher, they’re often designed so kids can get practice on basic grammatical skills. And maybe we’ll find there’s more to playing — and “winning” — the game than acquiring skills.
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I think there's a common misconception that school is the only thing that matters. And the school system makes a lot of people feel like if they're not doing the best academically or kind of meeting the limit, then maybe they're not going to do as well later in life or maybe there's something wrong with them. I feel like that's a whole, really incorrect kind of idea that's perpetuated by the school system.

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