Ensenyar ciències i anglès a través de la docència compartida

Abstract

In the context of a multicultural Europe and a globalized world, language policies have arisen to promote the learning of languages other than the mother tongue. In the European Economic Community educational policies promote the learning of English as a lingua franca. CLIL approach (Content and Language Integrated Learning), in which a foreign language is used as a language of instruction in other subjects such as science, is experiencing an expansion in Catalonia and throughout Europe. Teaching Science in English is a major challenge for teachers in our country. This paper presents a Science Education CLIL experience that promotes scientific inquiry in the primary school. Teachers involved in this experience use coteaching, that is, a mode of collaboration where two or more specialists share teaching responsibilities inside and outside the classroom. The results of the research indicate that coteaching facilitates a reciprocal learning among teachers in the following areas: (a) a change in the structure of the workshop, (b) a shared responsibility in the classroom, and (c) a transfer among teachers of the ability to formulate scientific questions.