Learning in Groups A Handbook for Face-To-Face and Online Enrionments

Learning in Groups: A handbook for improving groupworkFourth editionDavid Jaques and Gilly SalmonLearning in groups in both face-to-face and online contexts 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 relationships and can play a central role in developing key professional skills, such as listening, presenting ideas, persuasion, self-direction, self-monitoring and team working.This fully revised fourth edition of Learning in Groups, updated throughout with guidance on group learning and collaborating online, not only promotes understanding of group methods, but also develops group learning skills in students and tutors by showing a range of practical exercises and group experiences to be used.The areas covered include:- Characteristics of groups- The place of leadership- The processes of collaboration and communication- How students learn- Setting and structuring tasks- Reflection and emotional intelligence- The effects of the learning context- Action research- Assessment and evaluation of group work- How to make learning more realPractical and accessible, Learning in Groups includes case studies, exercises and training activities for both face-to-face and online contexts that add to its focus and depth. It is invaluable reading for all those involved in tutoring and training, and facilitating and moderating online, and will help to develop powerful groups skills for both tutors and students.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.EducationJaques, David is the author of 'Learning in Groups A Handbook for Face-To-Face and Online Enrionments', published 2007 under ISBN 9780415365260 and ISBN 0415365260.