Practicing Collaboration: What We Learn from a Cohort that Functions Well

Autor/inn/en	Ross, Dorene D.; Stafford, Lynn; Church-Pupke, Penny; Bondy, Elizabeth
Titel	Practicing Collaboration: What We Learn from a Cohort that Functions Well
Quelle	In: Teacher Education and Special Education, 29 (2006) 1, S.32-43 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0888-4064
Schlagwörter	Cooperation; Group Dynamics; Grouping (Instructional Purposes); Special Education Teachers; Preservice Teacher Education; Teacher Educators; Cohort Analysis; Cooperative Learning; Interviews; Interpersonal Communication; Context Effect + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Co-operation; Kooperation; Gruppendynamik; Grouping; Gruppenbildung; Special education; Teacher; Teachers; Sonderpädagoge; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Teacher education; Education; Lehrerbildung; Kohortenanalyse; Kooperatives Lernen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Interpersonale Kommunikation
Abstract	Students in the Unified Elementary/Special Education Program at the University of Florida are organized into cohort groups, a common recommendation within the special education teacher education literature. Although highly effective in some instances, the literature also documents numerous problems in the use of cohorts. The current study was designed to gain insight into strategies that might help students and faculty build positive cultures and collaboration skills in cohorts. Drawing on student interviews with members of particularly cohesive cohort, we identify and explain five strategies that students utilize to assist a cohort in developing a strong sense of community and positive group dynamics. These include: keeping an academic focus, pulling one's own weight, taking care of the community, being willing to move outside one's comfort zone, and including everyone. The specific examples will be useful for teacher educators using or considering the use of student cohort groups. (Contains 1 footnote.) (Author).
Anmerkungen	Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children. Available from: Allen Press, Inc. 810 East 10th Street, Lawrence, KS 66044. Tel: 800-627-0629; Web site: http://www.tese.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10