Los procesos de construcción social y cognitiva en el aprendizaje cooperativo y colaborativo

Abstract

This article discusses some of the empirical and theoretical evidence on the processes of social and cognitive construction of cooperative and collaborative learning to explain, from cognitive psychology approaches as well as socio-historical and constructivist perspectives, the benefits of learning in small groups, its benefits in terms of how to organize the classroom by peer tutoring, the benefits of cooperative and collaborative learning, the teacher's role in the careful planning of the task in class, the composition of cooperative groups and the importance of considering the classroom as a space for dialogue and cooperation when taking into account the student´s and teacher´s role as learning builders.