Volume : 2, Issue : 11, NOV 2016

THE BENEFITS OF PEER COACHING METHOD FOR TEACHERS’ CLASSROOM EFFECTIVENESS (CASE OF INTERNATIONAL LIGHT COLLEGE, MADAGASCAR)

Abdurrahman Koça

Abstract

Supervision of all the teachers is difficult process for principals or supervisors of the schools. Principals cannot interact with all teachers on daily basis and cannot supervise them. Similarly, teachers in schools also get very busy that they cannot/may not report and meet supervisors in daily basis or frequently. To overcome this issue, peer coaching method – which can be described as a system of reciprocal learning and support – can be used. With the implementation of peer coaching in schools, teachers get the opportunity to observe, share and offer suggestions to each other’s. After participating in peer coaching, teachers can learn from teaching techniques of their peers and also get benefit in seeing how their peers are performing certain functions. In addition, peer coaching enables teachers to give understanding of different methods that can be used for helping students in resolving their issues. This study is designed to overview the benefits of peer coaching method for enhancing teacher’s classroom efficiencies.

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