A Workshop on “Cooperative Learning”

Prepared by:

Adel Ahmed

Points of Discussion

1 -What is cooperative learning?2 -The importance of cooperative learning?

3 -Why use cooperative learning?4 - How does cooperative learning differ

from the traditional approaches? 5 - Elements of cooperative learning.

6 - The benefits of cooperative learning?7 -Criticism against cooperative learning.8 -How does Cooperative Learning work ?

1-What is Cooperative

Learning?

Cooperative learning is a successful teaching strategy in which small teams, each with students of different levels of ability, use a variety of learning activities to improve their understanding of a subject.

Each member of a team is responsible not only for learning what is taught but also for helping teammates learn, thus creating an atmosphere of achievement. Students work through the assignment until all group members successfully understand and complete it .

22 - -The importance of The importance of cooperative learningcooperative learning

•In essence, our religion, Islam, urges In essence, our religion, Islam, urges believers and all Muslims to help each believers and all Muslims to help each other and cooperate. "Help you one other and cooperate. "Help you one another in Al-Birr (virtue, another in Al-Birr (virtue, righteousness) and AL-Taqwa (piety); righteousness) and AL-Taqwa (piety); but don't help one another in sin and but don't help one another in sin and transgression." (Qur'an 5:2). To transgression." (Qur'an 5:2). To comment on this, Mawdudi, 1996 p.77 comment on this, Mawdudi, 1996 p.77 says that Allah asks Muslims "says that Allah asks Muslims "to to cooperate in acts of virtue and cooperate in acts of virtue and pietypiety and not to cooperate in acts of and not to cooperate in acts of sin and injustice". Undoubtedly, sin and injustice". Undoubtedly, receiving science and learning is an receiving science and learning is an end in Islam. That's why cooperation in end in Islam. That's why cooperation in

learning in highly appreciatedlearning in highly appreciated . .

Cooperative learning techniquesCooperative learning techniques::*promote student learning and academic

achievement

*increase student retention

*enhance student satisfaction with their learning experience

*help students develop skills in oral communication

*develop students' social skills

*promote student self-esteem*help to promote positive race relations

Cooperative learning Cooperative learning differs from traditional differs from traditional

teaching approaches teaching approaches because students work because students work together rather than together rather than compete with each compete with each other individuallyother individually..

Cooperative learning takes Cooperative learning takes place when students work place when students work together in the same place on together in the same place on a structured project in a a structured project in a small group. Mixed-skill small group. Mixed-skill groups can be especially groups can be especially helpful to students in helpful to students in developing their social developing their social abilitiesabilities..

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1. Positive Interdependence  (sink or swim together)

2. Face-to-Face

Interaction  (promote

each other's success)

3. Individual & Group

Accountability

5. Group Processing

4. Interpersonal

&Small-Group

Skills