In my more than 40 years of teaching college, I’ve found that as I’m imparting knowledge to others, I learn lessons myself. The greatest lessons that I’ve learned, however, are in team-taught courses (and the students benefit greatly as well!). I’m currently in a program where three different faculty collaborate to deliver a leadership course to students who are taking courses while also engaged in for-credit academic internships. Needless to say, this is a lot of work for all of us. But in all of my time teaching, I believe that the benefits of team-taught courses are tremendous, if they are managed well. Here are the lessons learned:

For the Students. In a traditional, single-instructor course, there may be a tendency for students to unquestioningly accept almost everything that the professor says. The lone professor may be seen as the expert, and this may limit student critical thinking and questioning. In a team-taught........

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