Team Teaching

The article by Marilyn Friend and Lynne Cook I found to be the most helpful in understanding more about co-teaching, as it was straight forward and to the point. There were some good ideas, and some bad I thought. The one that I could see myself using in the classroom is either team teaching or alternative teaching. I would like to use alternative teaching more, because I thought it had greater benefits for students. They could get a lot of extra help that is needed and pulling out multiple groups students wouldn't label anyone the "smart" group. To handle noise in the classroom it would be easier for the teacher to pull students out in the hall for some one on one time and group work. Team teaching I found to be useful in multiple ways as in less lecture more discussion. This is a great idea to let students see an example of a good discussion. Teachers may have different viewpoints on subjects, so students can see a positive way in disagreeing with someone and learn how to have an open conversation without taking offense or being rude to their classmates. What I didn't like about team teaching is I found it to be chaotic. I can see imagine the classroom getting off topic easily and students being noisy. The other ideas I did not like at all. I found the other ideas to be not so much as co-teaching, but as in one teacher in control and the other is more of a helper. I do not know how much co-teaching I would do in my classroom, but I like the idea of it. Having someone to help students and pull groups outside the class would be beneficial for the students and give the teacher a break. Having so many students in one classroom is a lot for a teacher to handle, so another teacher would benefit everyone.