500 Tips on Group Learning

Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 2
Copyright Page......Page 3
Table of Contents......Page 4
Acknowledgements......Page 6
Foreword......Page 8
Chapter 1 Learning with others......Page 10
 1 Learning about learning......Page 11
 2 Group learning means learning by doing......Page 14
 3 Group learning means learning through feedback......Page 17
 4 Things going wrong can be good group learning......Page 20
 5 Group learning means motivation... wanting to learn.........Page 23
 6 Behaviours of a good leader......Page 26
 7 Group learning includes following......Page 28
 8 Benefits of group learning......Page 30
Chapter 2 Getting groups going......Page 36
 9 Preparing learners for group work......Page 37
 10 Ways of forming groups......Page 39
 11 Group size considerations......Page 42
 12 Getting groups started......Page 44
 13 Icebreakers: some ideas......Page 46
 14 Establishing ground rules for groups......Page 50
 15 Reducing the bystander effect......Page 53
 16 Creating group cohesion......Page 55
 17 Setting shared goals......Page 58
Chapter 3 Particular group learning contexts......Page 60
 18 Tutorials......Page 61
 19 Tutorials for adult distance learners......Page 64
 20 Home groups......Page 66
 21 Action learning sets......Page 68
 22 Tutorless groups......Page 70
 23 Be a group member yourself!......Page 73
 24 Team teaching......Page 75
Chapter 4 Exercises and processes for groups......Page 78
 25 Ringing the changes......Page 79
 26 Post-it exercise on how people learn......Page 81
 27 Feedback exercise for groups......Page 83
 28 Post-its and flipcharts......Page 85
 29 Helping learners to write reflections on group learning......Page 88
 30 Virtual group work......Page 91
 31 A case study......Page 94
Chapter 5 Groups behaving badly?......Page 98
 32 Group member behaviours that damage group work......Page 100
 33 Group facilitator behaviours that can damage group work......Page 108
 34 Institutional factors that can damage group work......Page 119
 35 Conflict in group work......Page 123
 36 Gender issues in group work......Page 125
Chapter 6 Assessing group learning......Page 128
 37 Take the simplest path......Page 129
 38 Divide and concur......Page 130
 39 Add differentials......Page 131
 40 Add contribution marks......Page 133
 41 Add more tasks......Page 135
 42 Test them orally......Page 136
 43 Test them in writing......Page 138
Further Reading......Page 139
Index......Page 142