How to take advantage of “cooperative learning” in the classroom

Abstract

The Cooperative Learning is one of the learning models people are starting to use again in the classroom (although it had been discovered a long time ago). Nevertheless the summit and benefits of this method have been widely demonstrated, people don’t know very much about the way to implement it into the classroom nor the elements that should be considered for its implementation.

This article presents some regards to be considered if we want to include this model into our teaching-learning process. In order to reach an effective cooperation, it is necessary to modify teachers’ and students’ roles as well, to make both actors participate more actively into the learning process.