Co-teaching for teacher training in integrated education: an experience with STEAM and CLIL
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- Ileana M. Greca
- Jairo Ortiz Revilla
- Almudena Alonso-Centeno
- Esther Sanz de la Cal
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The reality in which we live and the problems we are currently facing require a holistic, non-compartmentalised view of educational competency. In order to implement integrated educational approaches effectively, however, teachers first need to understand them. The aim of this study is to examine the impact of a co-teaching experience between two disciplines and three areas (Experimental Science Didactics, Social Sciences, and Language and Literature) where students are asked to design a project with a STEAM and CLIL focus. The research consisted of a mixed-methods study conducted over academic years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023. This article presents the qualitative results for the second year, which show a significant improvement in students’ understanding following the short co-teaching action. These findings challenge the supposed impossibility of training teachers in integrated approaches and opens up a promising line of research for the advancement of integrated education.
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