Resources & links

We have compiled a list of resources for your perusal and better understanding of Teaching by Design. Please visit these websites listed, and share them with colleagues and friends.

Please do not hesitate to contact us with any queries, concerns or simply to share your thoughts about these vital issues. We are always interested to hear your views about how to enable a better learning environment for our students.

barrie bennett instructional intelligence

Intructional Intelligence

Professor Barrie Bennett's website, lots of downloads and good research articles.

http://www.instructionalintelligence.ca

Tribes

A learning communities based on the work of Jeanne Gibbs.

http://www.tribes.com/

Kagonline

Spencer Kagan's website with lots of publications and professional development.

http://www.kaganonline.com/

Buzan Centre

Tony Buzan's website that explores mindmapping and much more.

http://www.buzan.com.au/

Books, articles & videos

Here are a list of books & articles that you might find useful:

Discovering Gifts in Middle School
Jeanne Gibbs & Teri Ushijima, Ed.D.
CenterSource Systems, LLC

Beyond Monet: The Artful Science of Instructional Integration
by Barrie Bennett and Carol Rolheiser

Classroom Management: A Thinking and Caring Approach
by Barrie Bennett and Peter Smilanich

Cooperative Learning: Where Hearts Meet Minds
by Barrie Bennett and Carol Rolheiser and Laurie Stevahn

Positive Interdependence: the Heart of Cooperative Learning, 1992
David and Roger Johnson
15-minute VHS videotape presenting the nature of positive interdependence and how to structure it within cooperative learning lessons.

Joining Together: Group Theory and Group Skills, 7th ed., 2000
David and Frank Johnson
A basic text on group dynamics that integrates theory, research, and skill-building exercises. The text is build on an experiential learning model that requires students to apply group dynamics theory and research.