Learning in Groups: A handbook for face-to-face and online environments

by Jaques; David

• ISBN13: 9780415365277
• ISBN10: 0415365279
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-04-03
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Learning in groups, rather than in formal lectures or presentations, allows students to have greater scope to negotiate meaning and express themselves and their own ideas. It also helps them to establish far more effective releationships, not only with their tutors and trainers but with each other. Yet many tutors and trainers find the leadership role required when working in groups difficult to perform satisfactorily and revert to their traditional role as subject expert and prime talker. This handbook is a truly comprehensive guide for anyone involved in groupwork, containing advice and practical exercises to develop group learning skills for both learners and tutors. This new edition has been thoroughly updated, containing valuable new material throughout on group learning and collaborating online, action research and the role of reflection and emotional intelligence.

Author Biography

Gilly Salmon is a Professor of E-Learning at the University of Leicester, UK, and is author of a number of best-selling titles, including E-Moderating and E-Tivities. She was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship in 2006.

Table of Contents

Principles of Group Dynamics

Studies of Group Behaviour

Approaches to Learning

Communicating in Groups

Aims and Purposes of Groups

Group Activities

The Role of Tutor and E-Moderator

Learning Groups in Context

Assessing and Evaluating with Groups

Appendix: Resources and activities

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