1st Edition

Collaborative Learning in Staffrooms and Classrooms

By Colin Biott, Patrick Easen Copyright 1994
222 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1994, Collaborative Learning in Staffrooms and Classrooms seeks to widen definitions of collaborative learning beyond formal groupwork in classrooms and organised teamwork in staffrooms. This is done through examining a rich variety of actual experiences of working together. Evidence from classrooms and staffrooms is used to reconceptualise collaborative learning, in... Read more

Acknowledgements.  Introduction.  Part One: Belonging and Contributing  1. Children Learning to be Together in Classrooms  2. Children Learning to be Contributing Members of Classroom Groups  3. Learning to Belong and Contribute in Staffrooms: Student Teachers as Temporary Staff Members  4. New Staff Members Learning from the ‘Memory Bearers’: Teachers’ First School Christmas (with Anne Spendiff)  5. Experienced Teachers Planning Together: Belonging or Contractual Membership?  Part Two: Developing Collaboration through Enquiry  6. Becoming a Good Response Partner (with Jo Fawcett)  7. Developing Learning Partnerships in Classrooms: Peer Tutoring and Advisory Teaching (with Julia Smith and Jo Ann Buczynskyj)  8. Children Working in Groups to Solve Real Problems (with Karen Haggis)  Part Three: Collaborating and Learning  9. Collaborating to Learn and Learning to Collaborate  10. Understanding and Promoting Collaborative Learning.  References.

Biography

Colin Biott

Patrick Easen was, at the time of original publication, Director of Continuing Professional Development (Primary) at the University of Newcastle.