Aprendizagem cooperativa como prática pedagógica inclusiva: aplicação do modelo jigsaw numa turma do 2º ciclo

• Main Authors: Isaura Santos Alves, Isabel Rodrigues Sanches, Cláudia Pais Tavares
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade Nove de Julho 2016-01-01
• Series: EccoS Revista Científica
• Online Access: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=71548306012

Johnson and Johnson (1999), Bessa and Fontaine (2002), Freitas and Freitas (2003) Fontes and Freixo (2004) amongst others, present cooperative learning as a method which develops cognitive and social skills in students. This article is based on a Masters Research in the field of Special Education. Its demeanour was to implement the jigsaw method in a class of 10 to 12 year-olds with four students that had different special educational needs. The main purpose was to obtain academic success for all students, promoting involvement in their own learning as well as their classmates. We followed the research-action methodology; we applied qualitative research techniques which enabled data collection, allowing us a full-understanding of the prior problematic scenario and the after-intervention assessment. The jigsaw method led to academic success for all students and to an improvement of the interactions in the group.