Creating a "TQM" Classroom through Cooperative Learning

Authors

Barbara Millis

Date of this Version

1993

Document Type

Article

Citation

To Improve the Academy, published by The Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education, volume 12, 1993.

Comments

License: CC BY-NC-ND

Abstract

Two important trends in higher education-Total Quality Management and Cooperative Learning-happily result in compatible and creative classroom approaches. In fact, much of the TQM theory is predicated on the noncompetitive teamsork that forms the heart of the cooperative learning movement. This paper discusses how instructors using cooperative learning activities simultaneously create a TQM classroom.