Rārangi tohutoro (References)
Thomson, L. M. (2002). Guided Reading: Years 1–4. Wellington: Learning Media.
Ngā rautaki whakaako (Teaching strategies):
Cooperative learning is consistent with Māori preferred pedagogy. It also increases student engagement and interaction between students. The following strategies provide a means for implementing cooperative learning in the classroom programme.
Think, Pair, Share:
The teacher provides a task. The task may be an open-ended question about any topical issue. Students are asked to think around the question or issue. The teacher then asks the students to work in pairs and discuss their ideas and ask clarifying questions. Each pair then shares ideas with another pair so that there are groups of four discussing the question or issue. Students have to be able to share their partner’s ideas as well as their own.
Timed Talking:
Students are grouped in pairs. They have a task that requires them to share information. One student speaks for 60 seconds. Then the other student speaks for 45 seconds. Then the first student speaks again for 30 seconds.
Information about these cooperative learning structures can be found in: Brown, D. and Thomson, C. (2000). Cooperative Learning in New Zealand Schools. Dunedin: Dunmore Press.
