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Cooperative and Collaborative Learning

Turn group work into real collaboration, from team building to discussions and task-based projects.

About 3 hours

9 lessons

Self-paced

€25

one-off payment

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A practical course for teachers of all subjects and levels: how to prepare your class for group work and guide students step by step from simple cooperation to discussion and task-based projects.

What you will learn

  • Prepare your class for group work, with clear roles for students and a teacher who guides rather than leads
  • Build trust and communication with low-prep team-building and cooperation activities such as Think-Pair-Share and Four Corners
  • Structure discussions so that every student takes part, with Save the Last Word, Fishbowl Debate and Rotating Review
  • Design task-based and Jigsaw activities in which students share responsibility and create something together

About this course

Group work can be one of the most effective ways to learn, but only when it is planned with care. Without structure, a few students do most of the work, others drift, and conflicts get in the way of learning. Cooperative and collaborative learning offer a way out: students work towards a shared goal, each with a clear role and a real responsibility for the result.

This course follows the progression that works best in class. You start by preparing the ground, with the teacher’s role, student roles and team building, then move on to low-stakes cooperation, structured discussion and finally task-based and Jigsaw activities in which groups produce something together. All the strategies have been tested in real classrooms and work across subjects and age groups.

Course content

9 lessons · about 3 hours

The first five topics each open with a short video introduction and combine video lessons with downloadable activity guides that explain each strategy step by step. The final topic contains five worksheets to help you plan, reflect and set goals for your own classes.

  • 40% Video Short lessons with your trainer
  • 30% Exercises Quizzes and activities to try
  • 30% Slides Presentations and readings
  1. 1 Introduction Locked
  2. 2 Welcome to the Course! Locked
  3. 3 1. Getting ready for Groupwork 2 topicsLocked
  4. 4 2. Class Atmosphere 2 topicsLocked
  5. 5 3. Low-Stake Activities 1 topicLocked
  6. 6 4. Discussion-Based Activities 4 topicsLocked
  7. 7 5. Group-Based Activities 7 topicsLocked
  8. 8 ➤ Activities 5 topicsLocked
  9. 9 Conclusion Locked

The lessons open once you are enrolled.

Your trainer

Cristina Salvatori

Cristina Salvatori

Teacher trainer in Florence

Cristina trains teachers in Florence and is Quality Advisor for Europass Teacher Academy. Her courses focus on practical, active approaches, from classroom debates and project-based learning to soft skills and strategies for diverse classes.

  • Licensed preschool educator, with a strong interest in alternative school approaches
  • Degree in Italian Literature and Communication, University of Florence
  • Trained in teaching English as a second language and in lifelong education
  • Teacher trainer at Europass since 2018

Your certificate

Complete all the lessons and your certificate of completion is generated automatically, ready to download as a PDF.

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