Managing Group Work in the Classroom

Master high-quality group work strategies to enhance student collaboration, deepen understanding, and achieve educational goals in your classroom.

Course curriculum

1. Managing group work in the classroom - master presentation without video
2. Agenda and introduction
1. Planning for group work video
2. An incremental and development framework for paired group work
3. A tool for planning a group work activity
4. Are your objectives S.M.A.R.T.
1. Group dynamics - roles and responsibilities in a group - a video
2. Analysis of group interaction
3. Belbyn team roles
4. Forming, storming, norming, performing
5. Forming, storming, norming, performing
6. De Bono's six hats
1. The why, the what and the how of effective group work
2. Purpose, process, practice and reflection for group work
3. Reflections on managing conflict in teams and groups
4. Link to research on collaborative learning from the Education Endowment Foundation
1. Assessing individual and group perfomance - a video
2. Assessing the success of a planned group work activity
3. A rubric for assessing pupils' learning as part of a group activity
4. A card activity - what are the skills pupils are learning when they are working in a group?

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