Group Work ED2135

Model of Education...
Constructivist Education
Piaget

• Children are not adults.
• Children construct there own understanding of reality.
• Children learn through trail and error.
• Children can construct their knowledge by
  

As written by Agualunar:

Think
Pair
Share

There are two good ways for group discussion:
Jigsaw
Think, pair, share.

What are the characteristics of an effective group discussion?
Be careful that it is done in a certain way.
eg. jigsaw
or
Think, pair, share

Think: purpose is to get the person to think about what they already know about the topic.

You want to get the person close to the Zone of Proximal Development. Get them to think!

Question:
Write out what are the characteristics of a good, effective, efficient discussion?

Contribution by all members of the group
The ability to LISTEN TO others who have a different opinion to oneself and to embrace rather than reject their opinions if you don't agree.
The ability of group members to ask questions of other group members in regard to their opinion.
An understanding of the amount of time the group has to discuss and therefore time for each to contribute.
A question that is topical and relevant to the student will induce an efficient discussion.
Emphasise topics that the group already has knowledge about to enhance confidence and interest.
That each member of the group is valued for their opinion and input.
Within the group there are delegated roles.
There is a clear objective to the discussion which keeps the discussion focused.


Written by Bellarosa.

We then where randomly given numbers, so we ended up in a group of 5, we then given a topic:
TOPIC:
WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD, EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE GROUP DISCUSSION?

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
HOW TO CONTACT GOOD GROUP DISCUSSION?

GOAL/TASK:
TO HAVE AN EFFECTIVE GROUP DISCUSSION TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTIC OF AN EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE GROUP DISCUSSION.

SUB-TASK:

• ROLES
• TIME
• ON TASK
• EVERYONE LEARN
• RESOURCES
• ETC

MEMBERS IN A GROUP

1. Leader/ Chair person/ facilitator
   
2. Scribe
3. Time keeper
4. Participator/ Reasearcher
   
5. Participator/ Spokesperson

Here are the points we came up with:

• everyone is valued
• clear objective of the group discussion and outcome allow for flexibility in presentation
• willingless to be challenged
• feel heard/ everyone listens/ not aggressively interrupted/
• learn from others
  
• be open without judgement
• recognision and respect
• "Yes and" not "no but" techniques
• eye contact
• seating circle
• everyone participates
• prior knowledge base to work from
• encourage each others, ask question
• facilitator pulls it together and makes sure everyone attends and understands
• keep it inclusive
• accept and challenge
• learn from others differences
• make sure the environment is safe for everyone to air their ideas
• be open to change your perception, opinion
• ask why
• non violent communication- non attacking language
• relevant topic- feel connected, passionate, engaging, heated
• take time for quality communication
• outlines the stages the group must go through
• allow time for conclusion and reflection and evaluation
• summaries scribe's notes