Blog 13

What were the benefits of the peer teaching events? How would you incorporate peer teaching in an elementary classroom?





I think that the benefits of the peer teaching events were that we were able to create a lesson plan and test drive it with others in the class. The important part was that we were able to see what aspects didn't work and what components did. Also, the questions that comes up during the peer teaching could help you understand more about developmental growth for a specific age range. Having peer teaching events helped me gain ideas from others that might improve my lessons and future planning. It gave me an opportunity to gain confidence in my teaching in an actual classroom setting. In the future, peer teaching would allowethe students to incorporate group communication and cooperation skills, and learn to express concepts and skills in ways that others can understand - an important communication skill. I would incorporate peer teaching in an elementary classroom by grouping the students and allowing them to teach each other something and having students share their ideas.