What is...Peer Teaching?

What is Peer Teaching?00:00:15

Peer teaching involves a learner with advanced knowledge (tutor) providing instruction and guidance to a less familiar learner.

Forms of Peer Teaching00:00:31

Peer teaching can take various forms, including surrogate teaching (higher year group teaching lower groups), proctoring programs (one-to-one tutoring by slightly ahead peers), cooperative learning (small groups with each member teaching others), and reciprocal peer tutoring (classmates tutoring each other).

Benefits of Peer Teaching00:01:19

Key benefits include personalized learning, active learning promotion, increased comfort and openness among learners, shared vocabulary for better understanding, reinforcement of the peer teacher's own learning, team-building, supportive learning networks, greater psychological well-being, social competence, communication skills, higher achievement, and enhanced learning outcomes.