Not exact matches
If teachers are interested in bringing
cooperative learning into their classrooms, Panitz recommends that they experiment with a few
group activities before they make a total shift
into the method.
To move from old notions of
group work or
cooperative learning into real teams, use a team collaboration and work ethic to help students identify the exact tasks associated with 21st century teamwork.
When you consider the collaboration that we are desiring in professional
learning communities, we are in many ways forced to deal with the same conclusion: just putting teachers
into cooperative groups is unlikely to generate their deep collaborative skills.
The approach trained teachers to build long - term small membership
groups (tribes) for peer support and responsibility; to teach students essential democratic
group skills; and to integrate academic concepts
into cooperative learning strategies.
In order to structure
cooperative learning effectively, teachers need to understand how tostructure positive interdependence, individual accountability, promotive interaction, appropriate use of social skills, and
group processing
into learning situations.