Facing Inclusion by Co-Teaching

Theoretical framework of our lesson Inclusion Social Skills Discussion Learning environment Different styles of learning Co-teaching Using four of them (Cook & Friend) Reason for having different tasks Evaluation

Task 1 Introduction to social skills Team teaching drama Different ways of teaching the same thing Taking into a consideration different learning styles Social skills taking turns, empathy, negotiating, listening, controlling anger, disagreeing in “non-hurtful” way, including everyone

Task 2 Problem solving in groups Parallel teaching teaching the same content in different ways in every group Social skills negotiation, communication, listening, clarifying ideas, be open for new opinion, asking for justification

Task 3 ”A hassle” One teaching, others assisting ”a trick” Social skills respecting others, empathy, ignoring distractions, self-control, self-reflection Learning environment different positions in the classroom ”tool”

Task 4 Disabilities Station teaching four stations with different tasks Social skills Communication skills (verbal and non-verbal), empathy, accept peoples differences Learning environment different locations

Some final thoughts… Insight of learning Constructive Learning by doing (practical) Learning by questioning (Socrates) Our reflection about the group work

Questions? … Comments?