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Ideas for Team-Teaching

Ideas for Team-Teaching . b y Gamu Matarira and Magdalena Pletsch. Possible Team-Teaching Formats. 1. Lectorial Lecture and Tutorial in a 2 hour block Follow-on additional tutorial for international students. Possible Team-Teaching Formats. 2. 3 hour block

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Ideas for Team-Teaching

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  1. Ideas forTeam-Teaching by GamuMatarira and Magdalena Pletsch

  2. Possible Team-Teaching Formats • 1. Lectorial • Lecture and Tutorial in a 2 hour block • Follow-on additional tutorial for international students

  3. Possible Team-Teaching Formats 2. 3 hour block 1st hour: review and input presentation: lecturer A presents pair work: both lecturers monitor new vocabulary: lecturer B models 2nd hour: language lab work lecturer A 3rd hour: speaking and writing practice Lecturer B

  4. Collaborative Working • Involvement at planning stages: Tutor shares lecture material withteaching partner in advance (via access to StudyNetand meetings) • Integrates part-time members of staff • Clarify roles e.g. ELT as facilitator/native speaker for pronunciation practise: stronger instruction • Smoother transition into seminar/tutorial • Offers variation in teaching styles and diverse perspectives for students

  5. Promotes Communities of Practice • Reflective: Develop your own ‘practices, routines, rituals, conventions, stories and histories’ (Wenger, 1998) • Open dialogue between tutors as we share knowledge/expertise • Learning through participation • Increases student engagement as students have to contribute to the lesson

  6. Challenges • Time investment • Workload calculations • Staff attitudes to change

  7. Benefits for Students • Interdisciplinary teams reduce student alienation as teams provide a greater sense of identity, belonging and support (Quinn & Kanter, 1984) • Content specialists are experts in academic disciplines but not in linguistic needs of ESL students • Increased integration between language and content educators to reduce knowledge and sensitivity gap • In the Business School, evidence of SFQ results going up

  8. Benefits for Students • Team-teaching involves students in physical & mental stimulation (Blanchard, 2010) • Students observe lecturers discussing & disagreeing on issues while exposing them to course content – challenges, expands & enriches students’ understanding • Teams make better decisions & enhance creativity • More opportunities to interact – increases confidence

  9. References • Blanchard, K. (2010) Leading at a Higher Level. New Jersey: Pearson Education • Quinn, S. and Kanter, S. (1984) ‘Team-Teaching: An Alternative to Lecture Fatigue’. Innovation Abstracts. 6(34) Eric Document: ED 251 159 • Wenger, E. (1998). Communities of Practice. Learning, Meaning and Identity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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