diff --git a/content/co-teaching.md b/content/co-teaching.md index 3cba080..bec7c57 100644 --- a/content/co-teaching.md +++ b/content/co-teaching.md @@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ ::: +## Overview + CodeRefinery lessons benefit from the application of the concepts of **co-teaching**. :::{admonition} Co-teaching @@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ In reality, different forms are very often mixed or fused together, even within Co-teaching is not an online-only concept. However, it is very practical in online teaching due to larger number of instructors and learners potentially available to join a teaching session. -## Why co-teaching? +## Co-teaching and team teaching benefits - It **saves preparation time**. Co-teachers can rely on each other's strengths while creating/ revising the material as well as in unexpected situations during the lesson. - It **helps with onboarding new instructors**. One of the co-teachers can be learning at the same time, either the subtleties of the material taught (in this case literally being the "voice of the audience") or the teaching process itself. @@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ Co-teaching is not an online-only concept. However, it is very practical in onli - It also **ensures responsive feedback and less workload** by having more active minds. -## Team-teaching hints +## Team teaching specifics - For successful team teaching, additional **coordination** is needed, first of all to agree on the teaching model (see breakout-room exercise) and the person in control (the **director**) for the lesson or its parts. - It's useful to keep track of the **lecture plan**. The discussion is a good way to make lesson more interactive and adjust to the audience, but deviating too much will become disorienting (for example, if someone dropped their attention for a minute and now is trying to catch-up by reading lecture notes). @@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ Co-teaching is not an online-only concept. However, it is very practical in onli While in breakout rooms, read about one of the two basic team-teaching models presented in the [CR manual](https://coderefinery.github.io/manuals/team-teaching/) and discuss: - Have you already tried this or similar model in your teaching? - Does it seem natural to apply this model in your subject area (tell what it is)? How could it be adapted to fit best? + Write your comments in the collaborative document. :::