Ideas for Team-Teaching

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Ideas forTeam-Teaching

• by
• Gamu Matarira
• and
• Magdalena Pletsch

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Possible Team-Teaching Formats

• 1. Lectorial
• Lecture and Tutorial in a 2 hour block
• Follow-on additional tutorial for international
  students

Presentation by Students Their research on this weeks topic. (20- 30 minutes) Lecture (30-45 minutes)
Group work e.g. Case Study Analysis with Target Questions (20 -30 minutes) Whole Class discussion based on previous exercise with (20-30 minutes)
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Possible Team-Teaching Formats

• 2. 3 hour block
• 1st hour review and input
• presentation lecturer A presents
• pair work both lecturers monitor
• new vocabulary lecturer B models
• 2nd hour language lab work lecturer A
• 3rd hour speaking and writing practice Lecturer B

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Collaborative Working

• Involvement at planning stages Tutor shares
  lecture material with teaching partner in advance
  
• (via access to StudyNet and meetings)
• Integrates part-time members of staff
• Clarify roles e.g. ELT as facilitator/native
  speaker for pronunciation practise stronger
  instruction
• Smoother transition into seminar/tutorial
• Offers variation in teaching styles and diverse
  perspectives for students

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Promotes Communities of Practice

• Reflective Develop your own practices,
  routines, rituals, conventions, stories and
  histories (Wenger, 1998)
• Open dialogue between tutors as we share
  knowledge/expertise
• Learning through participation
• Increases student engagement as students have to
  contribute to the lesson

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Challenges

• Time investment
• Workload calculations
• Staff attitudes to change

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Benefits for Students

• Interdisciplinary teams reduce student alienation
  as teams provide a greater sense of identity,
  belonging and support (Quinn Kanter, 1984)
• Content specialists are experts in academic
  disciplines but not in linguistic needs of ESL
  students
• Increased integration between language and
  content educators to reduce knowledge and
  sensitivity gap
• In the Business School, evidence of SFQ results
  going up

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Benefits for Students

• Team-teaching involves students in physical
  mental stimulation (Blanchard, 2010)
• Students observe lecturers discussing
  disagreeing on issues while exposing them to
  course content challenges, expands enriches
  students understanding
• Teams make better decisions enhance creativity
• More opportunities to interact increases
  confidence

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References

• Blanchard, K. (2010) Leading at a Higher Level.
  New Jersey Pearson Education
• Quinn, S. and Kanter, S. (1984) Team-Teaching
  An Alternative to Lecture Fatigue. Innovation
  Abstracts. 6(34) Eric Document ED 251 159
• Wenger, E. (1998). Communities of Practice.
  Learning, Meaning and Identity. Cambridge
  Cambridge University Press.