On the Efficacy of Team Teaching and Station Teaching in the Enhancement of Students’ Reading Comprehension in an EAP Situation

Stronger Together

“…Delivering instruction is a balancing act where both educators take the lead. According to Haghighi and Abdollahi (2014), in order for team teaching to be effective, teachers need shared responsibility, time to plan with each other, trust and respect between partners, support from administration, and strong behavior management skills. STRONGER TOGETHER: A CASE FOR TEAM TEACHING…”

“…To teach collaboratively, there must be a strong sense of social capital at a school site in order for it to be successful. Strong social capital helps facilitate the collaborative culture needed for teachers to have the desire to work together, openly share their resources, and trust each other enough to open up their classrooms, share their students, and be in the vulnerable position of being watched by a colleague as they teach (Adler & Kwon, 2002;Bakker et al, 2006;Haghighi & Abdollahi, 2014;Johnson, 2013;Koniordos, 2016;Moolenaar et al, 2012). These positive relationships are required in order to work well collaborating with colleagues, and in order to support each other inside the classroom.…”

“…Social capital within a group is required in order to have trust between members of that group, which will lead to cooperation between those members (Johnson, 2013 andKoniordos, 2016). For teachers to be willing to share their resources, cooperate in teaching, and open up their classrooms to each other, trust between them is compulsory (Haghighi & Abdollahi, 2014).…”

“…Collaborative teaching requires teachers to spend more purposeful planning time with their colleagues than they would traditionally. To successfully teach a lesson as a team, teachers must have time to plan together (Haghighi & Abdollahi, 2014). They STRONGER TOGETHER: A CASE FOR TEAM TEACHING must discuss how to best meet the needs of their students, what standards they want to teach and how.…”

“…According to Shakenova (2017), however, collaboration in education could lead to complacency and conformism among educators. Collaboration can also be disadvantageous when it is mandated by administration, and if teachers are not given time to actually collaborate (Cook & Friend, 1991;Dutta & Shaney, 2016;Haghighi & Abdollahi, 2014;Madigan & Schroth-Cavataio, 2011;Magiera et al, 2006;McCarthy, Lambert, O'Donnell, & Melendres, 2009;Shakenova, 2017;Sutton & Shouse, 2016).…”