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Making learning genuinely interactive. 30 January 2015 Dr Wendy Jolliffe. Outline of session. What is learning?. Forming Groups. Stand up! Put a hand up and high five to pair up with a partner Think time – think about the question: How much do you know about making learning interactive?
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Making learning genuinely interactive 30 January 2015 Dr Wendy Jolliffe
Forming Groups • Stand up! • Put a hand up and high five to pair up with a partner • Think time – think about the question: How much do you know about making learning interactive? • Take turns sharing the answer with your partner • Join up with another pair 1 > 2> 3> move • Getting to know each other: share your scar story!
Reviewing Teaching Styles • Rally table – what different approaches do you use? • Place on a continuum: transmissive → constructivist (learning by doing) • What is the role of talk for learning? • How do we facilitate it?
95% Teach 80% Experi- ence 70% Discuss 50% See & Hear 30% See 20% Hear 10% Read We Learn. . . 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 20 0 William Glasser, 1986
What is genuine cooperative learning? Johnson and Johnson (2000, 2005) – it requires the following key elements: P Positive interdependence I Individual accountability G Group and individual reflection S Small group skills F Face-to-face interaction
Benefits of CL Three main categories of advantages (Johnson & Johnson, 1999, Slavin, 1995, 1996, Sharan, 1990): 1. Higher academic achievement 2. Enhanced inter-personal relationships 3. Greater psychological health and social competence Pupils in Year 7 learning mathematics: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqCFTjoMd5o
So why is it not more commonly used? We are not born cooperative – we have to learn the skills of cooperating
Five Key Steps to Implementing Cooperative Learning • 1.Establish class cohesion • Carry out team building activities • Teach conflict resolution skills • Teaching the skills of working cooperatively • Incorporate cooperative learning into lessons beginning with partner work
Implementing Cooperative Learning • Informal • Formal cooperative learning • Class and group cohesion • Using a range of structures – matching to different parts of a lesson
Any questions? w.m.jolliffe@hull.ac.uk