Learning in Groups : A Handbook for Face-to-Face and Online Environments

by Jaques

• ISBN13: 9780749430917
• ISBN10: 0749430915
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-01
• Publisher: FALMER/KP

Summary

Learning in groups, rather than in formal lectures or training sessions, allows students to have greater scope to negotiate meaning and express themselves within the language of the subject. It also helps them to establish a far more effective relationship, not only with their teachers but with each other. It can also play a central part in developing key professional skills, such as listening, presenting ideas, persuasion, self-direction, self-monitoring and team working. Yet many teachers find the leadership role required by teaching in groups difficult to perform satisfactorily, and may well fall back on the more traditional role of subject expert and prime talker. Now fully revised for its third edition, this book not only promotes understanding of group methods, but also develops group learning skills in students and teachers by showing a range of practical exercises and a widening of the range of group experiences to be used.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Acknowledgements	x
Theories about group behaviour	1	(20)
What is a group?	1	(1)
Theory vs research	2	(1)
Psychodynamic theory	3	(7)
T-groups	10	(1)
Theme-centred interaction	11	(1)
Interaction theory	12	(3)
Six-category intervention analysis	15	(2)
Exercises	17	(2)
Discussion points	19	(2)
Research into group behaviour	21	(24)
Properties of groups	22	(5)
Social and task dimensions	27	(5)
Groups in motion	32	(7)
Preferences and problems	39	(1)
Teacher as researcher	40	(2)
Exercises	42	(2)
Discussion points	44	(1)
Learning research and theory	45	(16)
Learning styles	46	(1)
Intellectual development	47	(2)
Developmental phases in the conception of learning	49	(2)
SOLO taxonomy	51	(2)
Implications of learning research	53	(2)
Theories and strategies for learning	55	(3)
Conclusions	58	(1)
Exercises	59	(1)
Discussion points	60	(1)
Communication in groups	61	(16)
The process of communication	61	(1)
Model of communication	62	(2)
The content of communication	64	(1)
Improving communication	65	(1)
Giving and receiving feedback	66	(1)
Transactional analysis	67	(4)
Barriers to communication in groups	71	(1)
Exercises	72	(3)
Discussion points	75	(2)
What are learning groups for?	77	(16)
The nature of aims	79	(1)
Aims, objectives and outcomes	79	(1)
Aims of group discussion	80	(5)
Devising learning outcomes	85	(4)
Realizing aims and outcomes	89	(1)
Exercises	90	(1)
Discussion points	91	(2)
Structured activities	93	(62)
Seminars	94	(3)
Tutorials	97	(1)
Tasks	98	(9)
Group structures and activities	107	(42)
Why have variety?	149	(1)
Exercises	150	(4)
Discussion points	154	(1)
The tutor's job	155	(26)
Preparation	155	(9)
During discussion	164	(5)
Leadership interventions	169	(9)
Exercises	178	(2)
Discussion points	180	(1)
Learning groups in context	181	(32)
The learning milieu	181	(1)
Bridging cultures	182	(3)
The physical environment	185	(1)
Educational matters	186	(3)
Groups in courses	189	(6)
Case studies of group teaching and learning	195	(16)
Handling change	211	(1)
Discussion points	212	(1)
Assessing and evaluating with groups	213	(40)
What assessment is for	214	(9)
The skills of assessment	223	(2)
Assessing group projects	225	(5)
Assessment procedures focussing on process	230	(5)
Evaluating groups	235	(14)
Exercises	249	(3)
Discussion points	252	(1)
Training and development	253	(40)
Learning groups	254	(1)
Task groups	254	(1)
Training groups	254	(3)
Deciding on group sizes	257	(1)
Handling problems in larger groups	258	(2)
Training activities	260	(5)
Workshop activities	265	(23)
Learning through groups	288	(1)
Discussion points	289	(1)
Concluding remarks	289	(4)
Appendix	293	(2)
References	295	(9)
Index	304