Collaborative Learning in Action, 1st edition

Published by Pearson (April 4, 2006) © 2006

  • Laurie Brady University of Technology, Sydney , University of Technology
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For 1st to 4th year teacher education students

Collaborative Learning in Action identifies and explains the great variety of teaching strategies and the 'structures' in which they operate. This text is underpinned by a view of learning that involves teachers and students engaging in meaningful collaborative dialogue.

Strategies include: questioning, discussing, brainstorming, problem solving, role playing, simulating, explaining, narrating; the use of activities such as 'thinking hats', 'thinker's keys', games, moral dilemmas and value clarification; participation in exhibitions, projects, excursions; the use of graphic organisers and technology. The text also explains the practical implications of the work of Bloom, Gardner, de Bono, Taba, Michaelis, Pohl, Ryan and Suchman.

  • PART 1: COLLABORATION FOR LEARNING
  • 1. A collaboration view of learning
  • Traditional schooling
  • Progressive schooling
  • Equity
  • Outcomes-based education
  • Constructivism
  • Collaborative/cooperative learning
  • A collaborative view of learning
  • PART 2: STRATEGIES FOR LEARNING
  • 2. Expressing
  • Promoting student talk
  • Questioning
  • Discussion
  • Brainstorming
  • Simulations
  • Games
  • 3. Solving
  • Problem solving
  • Thinking hats
  • Thinker's keys
  • 4. Organising Projects
  • Exhibitions
  • Graphic organiser's excursions
  • 5. Valuing
  • Moral dilemmas
  • Role play
  • Values clarification
  • 6. Teacher-fronted activities
  • Explanation/demonstration
  • Story reading
  • Story telling
  • Activities/exercises
  • Technology
  • Miscellaneous strategies
  • PART 3: STRUCTURES FOR LEARNING
  • 7. Whole class teaching
  • Whole class teaching/learning
  • 8. Cooperative group learning
  • Numbered heads groups
  • Think-pair-share groups
  • Buzz groups
  • Snowball groups
  • Double contribution groups
  • Jigsaw groups
  • Cross-over groups
  • 'The last word'
  • Function groups
  • Friendship groups
  • Interest groups
  • Ability groups
  • 9. Individualised learning
  • Curriculum differentiation
  • Learning centres
  • Independent projects
  • Mentoring
  • 10. Teaching/learning frameworks
  • Key competencies
  • Quality teaching
     

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