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Cooperative learning and how to use it

Learning outcomes:

• Participants define the basic principles of cooperative learning and are able to apply these principles to reflect on and improve their own teaching.
• Participants analyze both the positive and negative effects of incorporating cooperative learning into their teaching.
• Participants describe the basic structures of cooperative learning and are able to select those that best contribute to achieving expected learning outcomes.
• Participants can identify common mistakes that teachers make when designing cooperative learning activities.
• Participants distinguish between lower- and higher-order thinking skills and can incorporate this knowledge into the design and implementation of cooperative learning activities in their teaching.

More information about the course can be found here.