Good news. If you can’t attend one of our cooperative learning training sessions in person, you can now access the same core ideas, strategies and classroom structures online.

Our new Introduction to Cooperative Learning course has been designed for teachers who can't make it to a training seminar, or want practical, research-backed training they can complete at their own pace, online, wherever they are.

Across more than two hours of content, it explores the principles behind cooperative learning, the problems it is designed to address, how to organise effective teams, and how to use practical classroom structures that increase participation, improve behaviour and get more students actively involved in learning.

The course includes professionally animated demonstrations, practical classroom examples and free downloadable teaching resources, so you can move from theory to classroom practice right away.

Whether you teach in a mainstream classroom, international school, or EFL or ESL language centre, the strategies are flexible, curriculum-independent and easy to adapt to your own teaching context.

If you’ve wanted to explore cooperative learning but couldn’t make one of our face-to-face sessions, this is now the easiest way to get started. And here's why you should be enrolling right now!

The proven problems in teaching:

Studies show that many traditional classrooms remain teacher-focused, relying on outdated methods that can limit student participation and engagement. Common recognised problems include:

• Confident learners dominate discussions.
• Only a handful of students participate regularly.
• Weaker students disengage.
• Teachers spend much of the lesson talking.
• Behaviour problems increase as students lose focus.
• Lesson rely on a lot of individual or solo work

The good news is that over 1200 studies have shown that Cooperative learning addresses these problems by giving every learner a clear role, a reason to participate, and structured opportunities to think, discuss and explain ideas together.

Supported by decades of research:

Unlike many classroom trends, cooperative learning is one of the most extensively researched teaching approaches in education with.

✔ Over years of educational research

✔ Over 1,200 published research studies

✔ A proven, measurable track-record across mainstream classrooms, EFL and ESL education

Research consistently shows cooperative learning:

• Reduce teacher talk
• Dramatically increase student talk time
• Improve academic achievement by as much as 20%
• Improve classroom behaviour
• Strengthen teamwork and communication
• Increase motivation and engagement
• Build learners' confidence
• Improve retention of learning
• Reduce bullying an danti-social behaviour
• Improve classroom relationships
• Support weaker learners
  

What You'll Learn on The Course

Our course takes you from the foundations of cooperative learning through to practical, classroom-ready structures you can begin using immediately.

From understanding the fundamental differences between traditional and cooperative classrooms, to exploring the principles behind cooperative learning, building effective teams, and implementing proven structures, you’ll gain a solid understanding of what cooperative learning is, how it works, and why it transforms the classroom experience.

Module 1: The Classroom Environment

Explore the fundamental differences between the traditional and cooperative classroom set-up, the problems cooperative learning is designed to overcome, and the principles that make genuine cooperative learning different from ordinary group work.

In Module 1 you'll learn to:

• Increase active participation across the whole class
• Reduce excessive teacher talk
• Increase opportunities for meaningful student interaction
• Improve engagement and reduce off-task behaviour
• Understand why simply putting students into groups is not cooperative learning
  

Module 2: Creating & Organising Teams

Learn how to create balanced cooperative learning teams, organise your classroom effectively, build stronger relationships between learners, and establish the foundations your teams need to work successfully together. Includes a practical team-building structure you can use with your class.

In Module 2 you'll learn to:

• Build stronger classroom relationships and improve peer support
• Organise seating to encourage balanced participation and effective teamwork
• Reduce domination by stronger or more confident students
• Help quieter learners feel safer contributing
• Establish clear routines that improve behaviour and make teamwork run more smoothly
  

Module 3: Essential Classroom Structures

Learn three essential classroom structures and routines designed to help you organise students, check understanding, increase accountability and manage cooperative activities more effectively. These are the foundations that make the structures later in the course run smoothly.

In Module 3 you'll learn to:

• Organise students and partners quickly and efficiently
• Check that every learner understands instructions before beginning
• Keep every student individually accountable
• Reduce confusion and wasted classroom time
• Make cooperative activities easier to manage
  

Module 4: Basic Speaking Structures

Master three easy-to-use speaking structures that dramatically increase opportunities for students to talk, share ideas and participate without allowing the same confident learners to dominate. Ideal for mainstream, EFL and ESL classrooms.

In Module 4 you'll learn to:

• Increase student talk time and reduce teacher talk
• Give every learner regular opportunities to speak
• Encourage more equal participation
• Build speaking confidence and communication skills
• Prevent confident students from dominating discussions
  

Module 5: Information Sharing Structures

Learn three powerful information-sharing structures that turn students from passive recipients into active teachers, interviewers, researchers and reporters. Use them for reading, research, revision, presentations and almost any lesson where students need to gather, understand and communicate information.

In Module 5 you'll learn to:

• Develop listening, questioning and communication skills
• Encourage students to learn from and teach one another
• Increase individual responsibility for learning
• Promote deeper understanding through explanation and discussion
• Turn reading, research and revision into active collaborative learning
  

Module 6: Thinking Structures

Discover two flexible thinking structures that help students generate ideas, develop responses, solve problems and move between individual, pair and team thinking. They can be adapted to everything from essay planning and persuasive writing to Maths, Science, History and problem-solving activities.

In Module 6 you'll learn to:

• Develop deeper and more considered responses
• Give students time to think before contributing
• Encourage collaborative problem-solving and idea development
• Help learners refine and improve their thinking through discussion
• Support both independent thinking and teamwork

Free Teaching Resources Included

Normally sold separately — included FREE with your course enrolment.

This course doesn’t just show you how cooperative learning works — it also gives you practical classroom resources to help you start using it immediately.

When you enrol, you’ll receive a collection of professionally designed downloadable resources, including printable cooperative learning team mats and supporting classroom materials that can be used alongside the structures taught in the course.

These are practical resources you would normally need to create yourself — or purchase separately — but they are included free with the course.

Your Free Resource Bundle Includes:

• Printable cooperative learning team mats
• Ready-to-use classroom support materials
• Resources designed to make team organisation quicker and easier
• Materials that help reinforce roles, routines and participation
• Downloads you can print and use again and again
  

Enrol now and you'll receive

✔ Over 2 hours of professionally narrated lessons

✔ High-quality animated demonstrations

✔ Practical classroom examples

✔ Free downloadable teaching resources

✔ Printable team mats

✔ Lifetime access

✔ All future updates

✔ Certificate 24 hours after completion

This perfect course for:

• Primary teachers
• Secondary teachers
• EFL teachers
• ESL teachers
• International school teachers
• Teacher trainers
• Student teachers
  

Why Learn With Ethical English?

This course has been created by an experienced classroom teacher who has taught learners from six years old through to adults in both mainstream and EFL classrooms.

It combines practical classroom experience with educational research and professional training in cooperative learning, helping you move beyond theory and start using these strategies confidently in your own classroom.

Frequently Asked Questions:

Q: Is this course suitable fro beginners?

A: Yes. No previous experience with cooperative learning is required.

Q: Is this only for EFL & ESL teachers?

A: No. The strategies work across almost every curriculum subject.

Q: Is this suitable for experienced teachers?

A: Yes. Whether you're new to cooperative learning or already use group work, the course provides practical routines that can immediately improve participation and accountability.

Q: Can I watch at my own pace?

A: Yes. You receive lifetime access and can stop, start, and revisit any lesson whenever you like.

Q: Will I need to buy any additional resources?

A: No. Cooperative learning structures are curriculum independant, and the course includes downloadable classroom resources to help you begin using the structures immediately.

Only - $49.99

One simple payment grants you:

• Lifetime access.
• Free resources included.
• No subscription.
• Ready to Transform Your Classroom?

If you want every learner active and participating, instead of the same few students answering every question, this course will give you practical strategies you can begin using immediately.

Start learning today and discover why cooperative learning has remained one of the world's most researched and effective teaching approaches.

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