Abstract
M. Ed.
The aim of this research study was to provide teachers and managers in the field of
education with strategies for beginning to use cooperative learning or improving the
current use of this important instructional tool. It will help teachers and managers to
understand conceptually what cooperative learning is and what makes it work. Such
understanding must precede practical experience using cooperative learning day in
day out in classrooms.
The need for this combination of conceptual knowledge and practical experience is
what makes teaching the complex activity that is and why it takes many years to
master.
Cooperative learning and the management thereof by headmasters and heads of
departments helps raise the achievement of all students, including those who are
gifted or academically handicapped. Secondly, it helps teachers build positive
relationships among students, which is the heart of creating a learning community
that values diversity. Thirdly, it gives students the experience they need for healthy
social, psychological and cognitive development. Cooperative learning's ability to
work three fronts at the same time places it above all other instructional methods with
cooperative learning, and the effective management thereof teachers become engineer
who structure and facilitate team learning efforts rather than workers who simply
pour knowledge into pupils work stations.
The major findings are recommended in the field of education. Literature review
indicated among other aspects that collaborate and competence were essential for
school effectiveness.