Group work
Aug. 8th, 2017 03:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I'm on a mission to redeem group work in education. I expect this to be controversial among many of my friends. So if I'm right and lots of you have terrible memories / experiences of being made to do bad group work, I invite you to comment here and tell me what was bad about it. Do you think it's just awful, or are there problems that might be fixed? I believe strongly that while it can be dire, it can also be great, or perhaps I might phrase it as, there are things that look like group work superficially but are actually great.
Because I'm on a mission this may turn into a more formal research survey at some point, but in that case I'll pose the question in a formal context with ethics and everything. Right now I'm just trying to gather some opinions and not just rely on my own ideas. Plus I am eye-deep in paperwork and I could do with some distraction, so do rant away.
Because I'm on a mission this may turn into a more formal research survey at some point, but in that case I'll pose the question in a formal context with ethics and everything. Right now I'm just trying to gather some opinions and not just rely on my own ideas. Plus I am eye-deep in paperwork and I could do with some distraction, so do rant away.
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Date: 2017-08-08 04:04 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2017-08-08 06:28 pm (UTC)I have some ideas for how to make things work in mixed groups. Partly if the teaching is good and the task is actually meaningful and interesting, you're less likely to have students who are miserable and don't want to take part.