Open AccessCooperative Learning in Veterinary Science
Author(s) -
Déborah Chicharro Alcántara,
Joaquín Sopena,
Elena Damiá,
Belén Cuervo,
Mónica Rubio,
José M. Carrillo-Poveda,
José Raduan Jaber-Mohamad,
José Manuel Vilar-Guereño
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of advances in agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2349-0837
DOI - 10.24297/jaa.v8i1.7543
Subject(s) - teamwork , veterinary medicine , medical education , medicine , psychology , management , economics
Cooperative learning is an instructional method based on teamwork, by reinforcing a student´s own learning as well as the learning of his or her fellow members. Thus, this kind of cooperative model achieves personal and team success at the same time. With this aim, an experience was designed where students from veterinary surgery and propaedeutics from the Universities of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) and CEU Cardenal Herrera of Valencia (UCH-CEU) simultaneously performed surgical practices in the Veterinary Medicine Degree. Propaedeutic students were evaluated previously and after the practical period with surgery multiple-choice questions and results were compared. The obtained results allow us to conclude that students after interaction gained advanced knowledge in veterinary surgery.