Foundation Coalition: Active/Cooperative Learning

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Transcript: Implementing Cooperative Learning "Facilitating in the Classroom"

Training the people that you work with is probably the biggest thing that I've noticed in what I have to prepare for. When I did this with a group of people where everybody was already familiar with active, cooperative techniques, there was already "buy-in" by those that were involved; it was a really easy process because everybody knew what their role was. When I started doing it with people that had no idea what this was, or how to experience it, it was like pulling eye-teeth because they struggled with some of the same issues that students struggled with in terms of teaming. It's the individual, "I know I can do this on my own." Once they saw that it was better and that students could learn more, then I started to get buy-in from them, and it became easier.

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