Blog #11 Draft of Introduction for Research Essay

   The education community is constantly implementing new ways of teaching in order to benefit students and keep teachers successful in the classroom. Co-teaching is a way of teaching that is constantly being evaluated on its advantages and disadvantages in the classroom. In this study I am hoping to identify how the features of communication between co-teachers shape a successful or unsuccessful learning environment. I plan on using observations and interviews to get an inside look at the world of co-teaching and analyze all the factors that go into it. I will be using  "Communicating and Collaborating in Co-Taught Classrooms" by Greg Conderman, Sarah Johnston-Rodriguez, and Paula Hartman,  as the basis for my research and how I will classify the different styles of communication and collaboration among co-teachers. I will also see if the suggestions that they have given for co-teachers translate into the features that I observe in the classroom.