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

David Jaques

ISBN 10: 0415365260 / ISBN 13: 9780415365260

Verlag: Routledge, 2006

Beschreibung

nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780415365260

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Learning in Groups : A Handbook for Face-to-Face and Online Environments
• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0415365260
• ISBN-13: 9780415365260
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 4. Auflage
• Zustand: Neu
• Abmessungen: 246B x 189 H x 19 T Millimeter Breite: 246 mm, Höhe: 189 mm, Tiefe: 19 mm
• Gewicht: 696 Gramm

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Inhaltsangabe

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.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

David Jaques is an independent educational and organisational consultant, and an experienced groupwork and teamwork trainer. He was previously Head of the Educational Methods Unit at Oxford Brookes University.
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.