“COOPERATIVE LEARNING”: A TEACHING METHOD WHICH ENCOURAGES SOCIAL INTEREST

Abstract

After having examined the characteristics of the crisis in the transitional society at the end of the twentieth century and the risks connetted with it, the authors have dwelt briefly on some etnical and moral aspects in social-emotional development and in particularcooperative-learning as a method of great interest to psychologists and educationalists. Adlerians, whose interest in a balanced development of Social interest and self respect is well-known, will find useful opportunities for reflection on this method also as regards the promotion of psychological well-being in schools