Hello colleagues, Many teachers use the Jigsaw cooperative learning activity as a teaching strategy. For those who may be unfamiliar with the technique, here's are the steps. To implement a Jigsaw activity, the teacher selects a text and divides it into sections. Each part is assigned to different small groups. Individuals in each group become expert on their assigned part of the text. They then teach their part to the other students in class. The result is that everyone learns about the whole text, but in a highly interactive way.
Check out this fresh idea for using Jigsaw with the Declaration of Independence, a primary text that everyone in the U.S. should be familiar with. I think this lesson could be effective in an HSE class. What do others think?
Cheers, Susan Finn Miller
Moderator, Teaching & Learning CoP