Collaborative Professionalism by Andy Hargreaves & Michael T. O’Connor

Author:Andy Hargreaves & Michael T. O’Connor [Hargreaves, Andy & O’Connor, Michael T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2018-05-14T13:32:03.514110+00:00

Source: Aronsloekka Primary School

Sixth graders teach computer coding to first graders. Teachers plan collaborative lessons using iPads and also Lego materials. They send pictures home digitally so parents can see that the school “is a good place for the child to be.” This “builds relations with parents in peaceful situations” and makes it easier to address “difficult stuff” later on. Cooperative learning as a strategy or a particular design is therefore surrounded by many other ways of building collaboration among the children and all the adults connected with the school.

When Norwegian educators go to Manchester in the United Kingdom to participate in the Kagan training institutes, they also become aware of how their own system and culture are distinct. Teachers in England are formal, one teacher noted. They are addressed as Sir and Miss. The men wear shirts and ties. Teachers in Norway, however, are called by their first name. “Children have a different mindset in Norway,” one of the teachers said. “They don’t fear the teacher.” This means thinking carefully about how the precise methodologies of cooperative learning are applied in the more informal setting of Norwegian schools.

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