Team teaching : what, why, and how? /

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Author / Creator:Buckley, Francis J.
Imprint:Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©2000.
Description:1 online resource (xiii, 127 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11228453
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ISBN:9781452221519
1452221510
9781452220697
1452220697
0761907440
9780761907442
0761907432
9780761907435
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-121) and index.
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Summary:Team Teaching covers the nature, purpose, types, history evaluation and resourcing of team teaching as well as the roles of teachers, students and administrators. It is the fruit of 30 years of team teaching in a variety of settings.
Other form:Print version: Buckley, Francis J. Team teaching. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©2000
Table of Contents:
  • What is team teaching? Pooling talents. Variations on a theme. Descriptions and definitions. Long ago and far away. Yesterday
  • Why team teach? Advantages and disadvantages for teachers. Advantages and disadvantages for students. Advantages and disadvantages for administrators
  • How to design a Team Teaching program. Preliminaries. Planning the team teaching project
  • How best to serve the students. Student characteristics affecting learning. Team teaching of large groups. Team teaching of small groups. Team teaching outside the classroom. Discipline.
  • Who picks the team and how. Selecting the team. Prerequisites. Getting started
  • Types of teams. Authority-directed teams. Self-directed teams. Coordinated teams.
  • Fields of team teaching. Single-disciplinary teams. Interdisciplinary teams. School-within-a-school teams
  • How to lead the team. Leadership tasks. Leadership styles. Sources of leadership. Community building. Choosing a leadership style. Leadership qualities
  • How handle conflict on the team
  • How to train the team. Educational background. In-service education. Workshops and other training helps. Time management. Lectures and discussions. Morale
  • How make decisions as a team. Styles of decision making. Systems approach. Objectivity. Subjectivity
  • How to evaluate the team. Evaluating the impact of team teaching on the students. Evaluating the impact of team teaching on the team itself. Assessments by students, teachers, and administrators. Comparative evaluation
  • How to improve the team. Systematic steps to take. Classroom performance. In-service programs. Support systems
  • How to support the team. Financing. Physical facilities. Equipment. Time. Personnel
  • Common problems and potentials? Potentials. Problems.