1st Edition

Talking and Learning in Groups

By Neville Bennett, Elizabeth Dunne Copyright 1990
56 Pages
by Routledge

60 Pages
by Routledge

56 Pages
by Routledge

Recent research has shown that group learning is a method of classroom organisation with which many teachers feel uncomfortable. Yet well done it can produce greater independence, greater cooperation and better quality work from children of all abilities. Talking and Learning in Groups , like the rest of the Leverhulme skills series attempts to identify in general terms the competencies and... Read more
Preface, Acknowledgements, Introduction AIMS AND CONTENT,Unit 1 WHY SHOULD CHILDREN WORK IN GROUPS?, Unit 2: TYPES OF COOPERATIVE GROUPWORK, Unit 3: CHOOSING GROUPS, Unit 4: MANAGING GROUPS, Unit 5: ASSESSING GROUPWORK, Unit 6: IMPLEMENTING COOPERATIVE GROUPWORK IN THE CLASSROOM

Biography

Elizabeth Dunne is a researcher in the School of Education at the University of Exeter. Neville Bennett is Professor of Primary Education at Exeter University.