COOPERATIVE LEARNING/COLLABORATIVE LEARNING: FROM A CONVENTIONAL TO A CRITICAL COMPARISON
COOPERATIVE LEARNING/COLLABORATIVE LEARNING: FROM A CONVENTIONAL TO A CRITICAL COMPARISON

Summary/Abstract: Likened to group pedagogies and to collective activity in class, cooperative and collaborative learning are distinct entities in several respects: roles played by pupils, interactions and exchanges between them; control of groups by teacher; intended learning; how learners are made to feel responsible. This classical view gained by initial analysis of the two approaches requires some mitigation since deeper investigation reveals different scientific and socio-cultural bases for them. Both methods would seem complementary on the basis of new Israeli-American scientific collaboration. However, closer scrutiny is required to make a detailed comparison of their similarities and differences.

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