Administrative Issues in Collaborative Teaching

Abstract

Collaborative teaching is a pedagogical practice that in the past was associated most closely with inclusion and special education in the United States. Also known as team teaching, co‐teaching, partnership teaching. or teacher collaboration, this pedagogical practice has been extended to be practiced in English‐language education settings. While the research on the benefits of collaborative teaching suggests that it is a promising practice both for the teachers involved and the students they teach, the management and implementation of collaborative teaching can be a challenge. This entry summarizes collaborative teaching in English‐language instruction and findings that provide evidence for the efficacy of this practice and discusses administrative issues in the effective planning, implementation, and support of collaborative teaching in ELT .