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e. A cooperative (also known as co-operative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically-controlled enterprise ". [ 1] Cooperatives are democratically controlled by their members, with each member ...
A consumers' co-operative is an enterprise owned by consumers and managed democratically and that aims at fulfilling the needs and aspirations of its members. [1] Such co-operatives operate within the market system, independently of the state, as a form of mutual aid, oriented toward service rather than pecuniary profit. [2]
The Co-operative Group has 22 independent consumer co-operatives as corporate members or customer owners, including: Central England Co-operative. Channel Islands Co-operative Society. Chelmsford Star Co-operative Society. East of England Co-operative Society. Heart of England Co-operative Society.
A housing cooperative, or housing co-op, is a legal entity, usually a cooperative or a corporation, which owns real estate, consisting of one or more residential buildings; it is one type of housing tenure. Typically housing cooperatives are owned by shareholders but in some cases they can be owned by a non-profit organization.
Cooperative Learning: Review of Research and Practice. Robyn M. Gillies The University of Queensland. Abstract: Cooperative learning is widely recognised as a pedagogical practice that promotes socialization and learning among students from pre-school through to tertiary level and across different subject domains.
The Co-operative Group Limited, trading as Co-op and formerly known as the Co-operative Wholesale Society, is a British consumer co-operative with a group of retail businesses, including grocery retail and wholesale, legal services, funerals and insurance, and social enterprise. [3]
In 1981, Johnson and colleagues (Johnson, Maruyama, Johnson, Nelson, & Skon) published the results of a meta-analysis of 122 studies that examined the effects of cooperative, competitive, and individualistic learning on achievement. The results showed that cooperation promotes higher achievement and greater productivity than do competitive or ...
These principles can be seen in the cooperative learning technique "Everyone Can Explain" that can be used, for example, in an ESL/EFL reading class. There are four steps in doing Everyone Can Explain: Each student in a group of two-four members.. The teacher or a student asks a question based on the text the class is reading.