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Publication Date: 2013
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Collaboration as a Form of Professional Development: Improving Learning for Faculty and Students
Devlin-Scherer, Roberta; Sardone, Nancy B.
College Teaching, v61 n1 p30-37 2013
One form of professional development available to faculty is the opportunity to co-teach. Studies of team teaching report increased communication between teachers and students and improved retention and achievement. This article describes a multiyear collaboration between two faculty members that began with a training relationship and expanded into co-teaching. From this experience, the authors widened their knowledge of resources, added to their teaching repertoire, and created new projects and assignments. The co-teaching relationship led to examination of processes and outcomes of their teaching and co-writing. Over time, this professional experience has grown into an exchange of roles and responsibilities. Although this collaboration did not begin as a scholarship endeavor, it has become a long-lasting one built on trust and mutual interest.
Descriptors: Professional Development, Teacher Collaboration, Team Teaching, Educational Improvement, Student Improvement, Teacher Improvement, Teaching Experience, College Faculty, Group Dynamics, Group Experience, Educational Practices, Collegiality, Instructional Improvement, Instructional Effectiveness
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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