HOW CAN TEACHER-EXPERT COLLABORATION BE IMPROVED IN SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION TO INCREASE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND SUBJECT CONTENT UNDERSTANDING?
Keywords:
school education, collaboration, student engagement.Abstract
The current research proposal seeks to explore how teacher-expert collaboration
in a secondary school Student Company course affects student engagement, subject content
understanding, and practical knowledge on such topics as money, budgeting, and social security
system among others. The research’s main goal is to increase student engagement during classes
and to dive deeper into how educators and outside working professionals – experts, could work
better together. This task is performed via the use of Action research methodology.
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