This document contains the materials required for two 6-hour workshop sessions designed to introduce educators working with adult basic education (ABE) and/or English-as-a-second-language (ESL) students to the use of cooperative learning in adult education classrooms by modeling. Included in the document are the following: introduction (overviews and timelines for each workshop session, preworkshop checklist, instructions for preparing for activities; materials and equipment checklist, critique sheet for trainers to use to give participants feedback); trainer's notes detailing all workshop activities; prereadings to be sent to participants before the workshop session; activities (including role cards, games, table signs); charts listing the workshop objectives; handouts containing all materials to which trainers will refer during the workshop; and transparencies (abbreviated textual and graphic elements of the training materials). Session 1 of the workshop and the prereadings present selected theoretical underpinnings to cooperative learning and specific strategies for organizing the learning environment. Session 2 provides participants with a broader theoretical framework and additional strategies for establishing a climate for student-centered learning. Among the specific topics examined are the following: differences between learning alone and in groups; team building; simple cooperative structures; individual accountability; positive interdependence; and strategies promoting interaction. (MN)