Peer Learning – Paradigmatic Foundations and Practical Milestones

Abstract

The peer learning approach begins with a mindset, moves to behaviors, and ends with results. Oneʼs need for peer learning behaviors increases as the situation becomes less routine, the stakes become higher, emotions become more intense, points of view increasingly differ, or something unexpected happens. The teacher is no longer the only master of knowledge. He accompanies the students in search of information and has the role of teaching them how to manage the flow of information. The aim of the paper is to explore the use of peer learning, ways of optimization, and issues that need to be considered by teachers and pupils.