Increasing engagement and participation in a large, third-level
class setting using co-teaching
Farrell, Ann MarieORCID: 0000-0002-4123-5661 and Logan, AnnaORCID: 0000-0002-1477-4803
(2018)
Increasing engagement and participation in a large, third-level
class setting using co-teaching.
In: 4th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd’18), 20 - 22 Jun 2018, Valéncia, Spain.
This study focused on the collaborative practice of two teacher educators
who implemented a co-teaching intervention with a large class of first-year
student teachers. The research arose from the teacher educators‟ wish to
increase the range and nature of participation of students in the large class
setting and to model co-teaching for the students who would be expected to
engage in such practice themselves in primary schools. The aims of the study
were to explore the use of co-teaching in the large class context as a support
for student participation and students‟ meta-learning about co-teaching. In
three separate 50-minute workshops, students were provided with samples of
a child‟s work and were required to work in pairs or groups of three in order
to come to conclusions about his current level of performance and to develop
possible learning targets arising. Data were collected using a short, online
survey.
The student cohort was very positive in terms of the effectiveness of the coteaching
approach in helping them to understand the concepts and allowing
more active engagement. Further, students were able to articulate their
learning with regard to using the co-teaching approach. From the
researchers‟ perspectives co-teaching was very useful in terms of increasing
student participation and replicating a learning context that might be more
usual with much smaller groups. Further, it allowed for provision of
formative feedback both during and following the co-taught sessions that
would not otherwise have been feasible. Finally, it allowed the student voice
to be heard within the large class context.
Item Type:
Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Event Type:
Conference
Refereed:
Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:
Co-teaching; collaborative practice; initial teacher education;
student engagement; large class