El aprendizaje cooperativo como metodología docente en las clases prácticas de introducción al análisis literario de textos en lengua inglesa (1º GEI)

Résumé

The new scenario of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) has brought about some methodologicalchanges in the teaching practices that have had a direct influence on the learning-teaching process. The universitylecturer is no longer a mere knowledge transmitter but also an academic guide, adviser and provider of learningresources and tools. This implies that, without leaving aside the lecture (clase magistral) as the main method to teachthe theoretical contents of the subject, new teaching methods have been introduced to improve self-learning, discussion,active participation, and teacher-student interaction. In the present paper, we describe how cooperative learning has been applied as a teaching method in thepractical sessions of Introducción al análisis literario de textos en lengua inglesa (Introduction to the literary analysisof English texts) in the first year of the Degree in English Studies at the University of Murcia during the academic year2009/2010. After a brief description of the implementation of this teaching method in our course, we analyse the resultsobtained from a survey done among our students.