Team teaching

Now, we want to share with you this video as an outstanding example of the team teaching approach in the classroom!
As committed teachers, we appreciate your comments if you agree or disagree with this teaching practice. Do you think that something similar can be apply in your own classroom?

Thanks to our useful website <www.edutopia.org>

Our real thought about Teams

Dear colleages! In this opportunity, we want to open our own discussion about Teams, considering our different internships at school and academic knowledge so far. The question to wonder this time is, how do teams contribute to our high teaching-learning performance in the classroom?


Teachers do play a key role in shaping teamwork. Most importantly, some of them are accepted as leaders in a team to deal positively with group issues. So, how does one become a teacher leader? From our required reading understanding group and individuals, "the core role of leaders is to help the group to achieve its common task, to maintain it as a unity and to ensure that each individual contributes his best". Undoubtedly, to be a teacher leader in teams become a major challenge to build language, skills, projects in the classroom and lead our colleages in rethinking practice, performance and powerfully collaborate together. Give teamwork a chance, it is worth the effort!

What is Teamwork?

First of all it is important to know what Teamwork really means. Then we will be able to say if it is important into the classroom or not. Teamwork is defined in Webster's New World Dictionary as "a joint action by a group of people, in which each person subordinates his or her individual interests and opinions to the unity and efficiency of the group." This does not mean that the individual is no longer important; however, it does mean that effective and efficient teamwork goes beyond individual accomplishments. The most effective teamwork is produced when all the individuals involved harmonize their contributions and work towards a common goal.


So, do you really think teamwork is important for you as a teacher?

     Thanks to:                         
               "Teamwork in the Classroom". NDT Resource Center. 6 Sept. 2010. 
http://www.ndt-ed.org/TeachingResources/ClassroomTips/Teamwork.htm