Reviews: Group work
5 reviews found for "Group work"
- Book review : Promoting effective group work in the primary classroom : a handbook for teachers and practitioners
- This is book review of Promoting effective group work in the primary classroom : a handbook for teachers and practitioners by Ed Baines et al., published by Routledge in 2008, ISBN 9780415416870. It was reviewed by Mark Jenkins of the University of Winchester on behalf of ESCalate. The book is the result of a four year study known as the SPRinG project (Social and Pedagogical Research into Group Work). The research was based on pupils in the 5-14...
- Book review : Making groups work: improving group work through the principles of academic assertiveness in higher education and professional development
- This is a book review of Making groups work : improving group work through the principles of academic assertiveness in higher education and professional development by Jenny Moon, published by ESCalate in 2009, ISBN 9781905788880. It was reviewed by Liane Purnell. The aim is ‘to help students to work better in groups in higher education… through provision and application of some basic principles of academic assertiveness’. It predominantly draws...
- Book Review: Learning In Groups: A Handbook For Improving Group Work (3rd ed)
- With this book Jaques is attempting to provide a ‘readable and practical’ handbook for improving group work that allows the reader flexibility in their approach to the study of group learning. It succeeds in this aim – it is an accessible text from which the browser will take many ideas, and from which those who read from start to finish will develop a good understanding of the nature of learning in groups. It is a more accessible and more...
- Book review : Motivating your secondary class
- This is a book review of Motivating your secondary class by Maurice Galton et al. and published by Sage in 2009, ISBN 9781847872609, It was reviewed by Liane Purnell of Newman University College on behalf of ESCalate. This book look at: ‘Why do so many pupils in Years 7, 8 and 9 ‘switch off’ and make very little progress in the core subjects such as English and mathematics? What can teachers and schools do to improve pupils’ attitudes and...
- Book review : What's the point in discussion?
- This book which draws on a wealth of research and personal experience to present the case that students do learn through discussion, and that as teachers we can do much to nurture and encourage the development of thinking skills, and the development of attitudes and values by using discussion and group work techniques. The book is written in an easy to read and engaging style, and the frequent use of the first person makes the reader feel that...