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Significance
Higher expectations are placed on students and teachers of the 21st century
than ever before. Different studies have been conducted that address
different teaching methods for helping students meet these expectations.
Team teaching is just one of the methods that has been explored.
Additionally, as more attention is being brought to including special education
students into the regular classroom, debates ensue about how that can be
done effectively. Often, team teaching is the answer.
Considerations
Disadvantages
Bauwens and Hourcade (1995) use the term co-operative teaching and define
it as:
For teachers, the advantages and disadvantages of team teaching have often
been discussed. Northern Nevada Writing Project Teacher-Researcher Group
(1996) list the following pros: sharing between co-teachers; positive impact
on students; fresh insights into the curriculum; help each other deal with
parents or other stakeholders; mutual support; sharing workload; friendship.
The same group lists the following cons: need to accommodate to another
adult in the classroom; invasion of classroom space; challenges of good
communication; irreconcilable compatibility; philosophical differences; lack of
planning time.
Very few disadvantages for students, but if the co-teachers express very
different viewpoints, students may find it confusing.