TEAM TEACHING AND COLLABORATIVE LEARNING STRATEGIES FOR QUALITY EDUCATION

Abstract

This paper x-rayed the concepts of team teaching and collaborative learning strategies which are veritable techniques for quality education. Team teaching exploits the power of synergy by consolidating the prowess and intelligence of paired-teachers and paired lecturers to impart learning or study to students. Consequently, the students gain intelligence and learn from more than one brain, as the saying goes: two heads are better than one. Collaborative learning is an umbrella term for a variety of educational approaches involving joint scholarly intellectual efforts of paired-teachers or paired-lecturers to jointly teach students. It is an educational approach that involves group of teachers or students working together to solve a problem, complete an assignment, or create a product. Team teaching and collaborative learning are basic for quality education. Moreover, quality education is the education that best fits the present and future needs of students. Quality education is paramount in the academic world, hence the need for team teaching and collaborative learning to achieve it.