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- Title
The Teacher's Role During Cooperative Learning: Should I Leave the Classroom when Students are Independently Working in Teams?
- Authors
Duran, David; Flores, Marta; Miquel, Ester
- Abstract
This research aims to discover which actions teachers adopt when pupils work cooperatively. 10 primary teachers' performance is analysed, through a qualitative design of observation of teaching practices in classrooms where cooperative learning is developed, complemented with the student teachers' perceptions. The results indicate a marked reduction in the interaction between the teacher and the whole class, with the focus changing from the traditional transmissive role of the teacher to one where, through alternative activities, the pupils become the protagonists. This change in approach to include active listening, scaffolding or immediate response to requests for help should be introduced in teacher training programmes to increase the willingness to use cooperative learning in classrooms.
- Subjects
GROUP work in education; TEACHER role; TEAMS in the workplace; OBSERVATION (Educational method); ACTIVE listening
- Publication
Journal of Classroom Interaction, 2019, Vol 54, Issue 2, p24
- ISSN
0749-4025
- Publication type
Academic Journal