ASU1: Teach and Learn Cooperatively

In this Autonomous Study Unit (ASU), the following aspects will be examined with regard to critical broadening of knowledge in relation to:

• new ways of teaching and learning cooperatively;
• the conditions and competences needed for cooperation;
• the importance, for learning, of relationships between group members in the cooperative environment;
• understanding of indispensable aspects for applying Cooperative Learning Group Methodology (CLGM).

Creative reflection in relation to:

• contemporary educational challenges;
• the role of cooperation in the learning process;
• the fundamental principles and stages in the application of Cooperative Learning Methodology;
• the relation of the group to learning;
• the role of the teacher in the Cooperative Group.

Putting theory into practice the participants