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Co-Teaching for Content Understanding. By Anayo Chukwuegbo. Overview of Article. Student population changed from spring 1998-fall1998 Three teams consisting of 11 teachers were observed…… Administrator interviews, classroom observation and expert teaching were …….
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Co-Teaching for Content Understanding By Anayo Chukwuegbo
Overview of Article • Student population changed from spring 1998-fall1998 • Three teams consisting of 11 teachers were observed…… • Administrator interviews, classroom observation and expert teaching were ……. • Goals was to understand how teachers engaged in co-teaching ……
Questions on the Research • What vision and model of co-teaching do school leaders hold? How has the school put the model into practice? • What co-teaching roles do teachers use in their classroom instruction? How do those roles vary across pairs and teams? • How can co-teaching engage students in understanding rigorous content?
Method • School setting • Participants • Data sources • Administrator interview • Coteaching observation
Outcomes • Things the study looked at in terms of co-teaching programs: • Planning process between the co-teachers • How the school put the model into practice • Actual co-teaching process in the classroom
Findings • Parity was present • The school incorporated a number of organizational structures to provide consistent support for teachers collaboration across the teams
Friend & Cook characteristics of effective collaboration • Voluntary • Parity among participants • Mutual goals Emergent characteristics: • Building trust & sense of community Potential Barriers • Time and space
Characteristics of effective collaboration • Shared responsibility • Shared resources • Shared accountability • Professional • Jointly delivering substantive instruction • Blended groups of students • Single physical space
Other things to consider • Shared beliefs • Attitudes • Values