Building a Community
Building a Community
Developing a cohesive environment that consists of respect, cooperation, and communication increase the likelihood that students will feel a sense of belonging, acceptance, and value.
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Fostering a collaborative learning environment starts at the beginning of each school year regardless of the class community.
Teaching Cooperative Behaviors
Teaching Cooperative Behaviors
Taking Turns as the Leader to Choose an Image and...
Communicating as a Group to Develop that Image
Peers Actively Support Each Other
Partner Problem-Solving to Accomplish a Task
Partner Problem-Solving to Accomplish a Goal
Verbal Communication Skills to Direct Peer
Student Developed Group Dances
Peer Teaching
Teaching Peer How to Support
Teaching Peer How to Support
Peer helping involves empowerment of an individual to provide positive support to a same-age or close in age classmate. Peer helpers act as role models, reinforce instructional content, and reinforce organizational information.
Five Conceptual Areas to Peer Helping
They need to be taught and practiced for successful implementationFive Conceptual Areas to Peer Helping
Kealy, E.R., McDermott, D., & Wasser, J. (1982). Bayonne's peer helping program provides a way to tap students energies and make the school a more caring institution. Educational Leadership, 515-517.
Attending: The ability to listen, paraphrase, and read body language.
Clarifying: The ability to ask questions, share similar experiences, and to restate understanding of a concept.
Facilitating: The ability to cooperatively work in groups towards the completion of a task and show concern for group members.
Confronting: The ability to provide feedback without criticism or judging.
Activating: The ability to recognize the challenge, identify the objective, organize the action to provide support, and successfully implement the support.
Emotional Attitudes for Others
Emotional Attitudes for Others
Kagan Structure's (Cooperative Strategies)
Kagan Structure's (Cooperative Strategies)
Kagan's structures offer methods of engaging students through cooperative learning. They are methods that can be transitioned into physical education with some creative thinking.
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