AS TEACHING STRATEGIES

(COOPERATION)  Small group work  Large group work  Critical outcomes (principles of OBE) Focus on the outcome

 To reach the ultimate outcome (academic and social)  Focus is placed on the active acceptors of information  Reconstruct / make sense  Work on a realistic task  Learners must work together effectively  Focus on communication  Improve problem solving skills DEFINE OUTCOMES

 Learn how to learn in the environment “skills”  Not everybody is willing to do their part  Not everybody is accepted in the group  Cannot contribute and does not feel competent  Teachers do not want take control and places responsibility on learners”  If the activity is not monitored can time be wasted  Arrange the class

1. PLANNING  Plan before hand  Prepare the learners  Design how you will organise the group  Prepare the material  Develop guidelines  Set the problem  Organise and set rules.

REMEMBER IF THE LEARNERS ARE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE METHOD LET THEM WORK TOGETHER IN A GROUP OF TWO Step 1: outcomes Step 2: give the necessary information Step 3: form the groups under guidance and select role players Step 4:facilitate /monitor Step 5:activities to make the conclusions Step 6: plan assessment

WHAT IS COOPERATIVE LEANING? ROLE OF THE TEACHER ROLE OF THE LEARNERS ADVANTAGES TO WORK TOGETHER TO REACH A SPECIFIC AIM

  Specialist group  Theme  1  Write down the planning method carefully   2  Evaluate the method critically.   3  Evaluate the disadvantages critically   4  Measure the method against the critically outcomes that learners should be able to demonstrate   5  Develop a rubric that you as teacher will be able to use to assess the learners 

 Positive interdependence between learners  Learners want to understand one another and support one another  Individual responsibility  Appropriate interpersonal skills are learnt  Each member must reflect one what said

 Division of groups (board; role play)  Task for each group  Determine method of feedback  Summarise  Determine method of assessment  Facilitate (keep focused)  Motivate  Take charge of progress

 Learners do not like group work and prefer to work alone  Must learn from one another –only if it is effective  Do not want to be associated with the group  Success is ensured if learners realize that they are interdependent  Can fail if every learner does not realize that they have a responsibility

 Enhances and encourages cooperation between groups  Improves communication skills  Individual and group attempts are successful  Exchange and verbalizes ideas  Learners are encourages to think how they learn  Learners are responsible for own learning and realizes responsibility  A lot of work can be done in a short while