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Who is Spencer Kagan?
Dr. Spencer Kagan, director of Kagan Publishing and Professional Development, is a former professor of Psychology and Education at the University of California, author, lecturer, and teacher trainer. He has personally trained over a hundred thousand teachers and educational leaders worldwide.
Dr. Kagan’s structural approach to cooperative learning and multiple intelligences fosters peace, equality, respect for differences, self-esteem and character development, as well as academic success.
Dr. Kagan has published over 75 scientific books, book chapters, and journal articles, focusing on the development of cooperation, cooperative learning, multiple intelligences, social development, cognitive styles and cognitive abilities. Dr. Kagan created the concept of “structures.” Kagan structures allow an easy integration of cooperative learning, multiple intelligence, and character development into any lesson at any grade level or age, for subjects taught in a first or in an additional (second or foreign) language. Dr. Kagan has developed many popular cooperative learning and multiple intelligences structures such as Numbered Heads Together, Kinesthetic Symbols, Stroll Pair Share, Pairs Check, Co-op Co-op, Pairs Compare, and Visualize Share.
Dr. Kagan’s books Cooperative Learning, and Multiple Inteligences (co-authored by Miguel Kagan), are among the most popular in their fields. His book, Silly Sports and Goofy Games, provides a comprehensive presentation of non-traditional sports and games; activities which are used as energizers and “brain breaks” at all grade levels. Dr. Kagan and his work have been featured in Educational Leadership and Learning Magazine. His books have been used in schools of education to train teachers world-wide.
Dr. Kagan’s online magazine:
http://www.kaganonline.com/Newsletter/index.html
Where will he be speaking in Japan?
(Check this website for further information: http://www.jalt.org/global/sig/Conferences.htm )
Monday, Sept. 15, 2003 (Nagoya) 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
“Cooperative structures and language learning” Sponsors: Nagoya, Gifu, and Toyohashi JALT chapters, Teacher Education and Teaching Children SIGs, JAPANetwork, and Trident Preschool Contact: Linda Donan
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