In this tutorial you will learn some general information on team teaching. To examine a topic, click on one of the links below. When you finish with a section, return to this Table of Contents. Typically, the course itself uses group learning methods. Teachers work in teams to plan large and small group instruction and to plan for the unique needs of individual differences in their students.
Teachers can then schedule, plan, and teach in a flexible manner.
There are several advantages to team teaching for students as well as teachers. Collaborative teaching allows the instructors to reexamine their approach to selecting course material, to rely on one another to reinforce their new styles of teaching, and to overcome their own frequently felt sense of isolation. A school team has to be carefully built if its members can reasonably take on roles that are new to them. Team building is a means to an end, rather than the end itself. When all goes well, the team may be the vehicle that enables changes in the school climate and its practices so that its students achievement goals can grow and prosper.