cooperative learning with children?

• What are some positive reasons for doing cooperative learning with children?
  

1. Cooperative learning with peers or groups will give growth to socio-emotional development. Self –esteem increases academic skills. Acceptance is the key word to any group project or learning. Acceptance will boost production
   
2. With groups tasks or paired with a Star Peer, students learn to work with others.
   
3. Cooperative learning will enhance student's accountability and increase industry skills which are long-lasting.
   
4. When students are working on their own, they really don't know how they sum up or the probability of their success. Working as a team, gives the student the mastery of skills, because the cooperative group is in one accord/voice for the success of the Team. This means everyone in the Team is an essential factor for the Team's success.
   
5. Students, who learn to explain more, learn more.
   
6. The joy with working with others is universal and even at Santa's North Pole!
   

 

 

• What are some negative aspects of cooperative learning that must be taken into consideration for this method to be successful?
  
  • Maybe, teachers have to take into consideration that some children lack social skills, however initial growth will start somehow or out of the cobblestones.
    
  • Name calling such as "stupid, dummy, nerd". Some of team members need to learn to believe in themselves. Name calling is form of abuse.
    
  • Lessons among teams or with peer mentor should be simple and carefully planned to follow, and not complex. Presentation, presentation, presentation.
    
  • Maybe some members defend on Peer or Team leader to do their part of task. Invite parents or guardians over sometimes. Students, teachers, and parents can all learn a new skill altogether.
    
  • Consider building Team first before moving on to academics.