Collaborative teaching for teacher educators—What does the research say?

In this paper, the literature related to collaboration in teacher education programmes is reviewed. The authors discuss the benefits for teacher educators who collaboratively plan and develop team-taught coursework and monitor the impact of their collaboratively developed pedagogy. Gaps in the curre...

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Published in:Teaching and teacher education 2009-05, Vol.25 (4), p.569-574
Main Authors: Nevin, Ann I., Thousand, Jacqueline S., Villa, Richard A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Classrooms
Co-teaching
Collaborative approach
Disabilities
Educational programmes
Inclusive education
Inclusive Schools
Instructional Effectiveness
Literature Reviews
Special Education
Special Needs Students
Student Diversity
Teacher Collaboration
Teacher Education
Teacher Educators
Teacher preparation
Teaching
Team Teaching
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Summary:In this paper, the literature related to collaboration in teacher education programmes is reviewed. The authors discuss the benefits for teacher educators who collaboratively plan and develop team-taught coursework and monitor the impact of their collaboratively developed pedagogy. Gaps in the current knowledge and research are delineated, and recommendations are offered for efforts to further develop the practice of collaborative teaching so as to increase the capacity of future teachers to address the increasingly diverse student populations enter their classrooms.
ISSN:0742-051X
1879-2480
DOI:10.1016/j.tate.2009.02.009