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team teaching

team teaching

1 3.9
Two or more teachers work together to teach the same group of students
  • noun
  • /tim ˈtiːtʃɪŋ/
translation icon : enseñanza en equipo
  • Team teaching helps students benefit from the combined knowledge and teaching styles of multiple teachers in one class.
  • team teaching approach
  • team teaching situation
  • team teaching experience

And so that was interesting for me and interesting when Donnell and I started team teaching.

Examples

  • The most important argument for team teaching is that it increases instructional time and therefore increases student achievement.

    Academic text (2003)
  • The biggest factor that contributes to a successful team-teaching experience is communication.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Under the category of delivery systems, the theme of team teaching and team planning appeared in all four models.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Collaboration included modeling methods and strategies, team teaching, and joint lesson and program planning.

    Academic text (1999)
  • A primary purpose of team teaching is to draw upon each individual teacher's strengths to increase student achievement.

    Academic text (2003)
  • As mentioned earlier, team teaching increases instructional time; this is the single most beneficial aspect of team teaching.

    Academic text (2003)
  • In-service training should include team-teaching techniques that pair regular education teachers with special education teachers.

    Academic text (1992)
  • A well-planned team-teaching partnership offers a multitude of benefits for teachers and students.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Interdisciplinary, team-teaching approaches should be encouraged, and students should be given hands-on, real-life problems to resolve.

    Academic text (1998)
  • In a successful classroom, team teaching allows two educators to share their expertise and provide diverse perspectives to the students.

Synonyms

co-teaching
vsteam teaching
  • Specialized
3.8

A class where two teachers work together to teach students

allows two or more teachers to teach together rather than only two

Antonyms

60 2.9

Without any other people present

How Collaborative

team teaching
1 3.9
co-teaching
  • Specialized
3.6

Surface Forms

team teaching singular

Morphology

team + teaching

The meaning 'a method of classroom instruction in which two or more teachers work together' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'team' (a group) with 'teaching' (instruction); the compound clearly signals collaborative instruction. This noun+noun composition is common cross-linguistically (e.g., co-teaching) and follows regular English compounding patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the meaning.

Etymology

The noun team teaching comes from the simple image of a team of teachers doing the teaching together in one classroom, like players in a game who share jobs to reach the same goal. So it means 'two or more teachers' working together to teach the same students.