Please find links below to the full series of articles explaining how Cooperative Learning will make the seven recommendations in the EEF Making best use of Teaching Assistants Guidance Report a lived reality in your school, simply and cost-efficiently.
The key message of this series is that the shared language and simple and consistent framework that Cooperative Learning provides ensures a flexible, yet homogeneous, toolkit and ethos throughout your school, from the headteacher to the to teachers – and, most importantly teaching assistants, who are probably the most undervalued and untapped resource in English schools today.
Index of articles on cooperativelearning.works:
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Introduction; Making Best Use of Teaching Assistants with Cooperative Learning
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Recommendation I “TAs should not be used as an informal teaching resource…”
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Recommendation II “Use TAs to add value to what teachers do, not replace them”
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Recommendation III “Use TAs to help pupils develop independent learning skills…”
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Recommendation IV “Ensure TAs are fully prepared for their role in the classroom”
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Recommendation V-VII On linking structured, quality TA interventions to regular teaching
- The full PDF report may be downloaded here.
- The online resource library is available at the dedicated EEF webpage.
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Our next area of focus will be on how Cooperative Learning makes SOLO Taxonomy simple and accessible.
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