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TITLE OF THE ACTION RESEARCH: TEACHING SCIENCE THROUGH
COOPERATIVE LEARNING STRUCTURES
Name of the researcher: Ms. Geetika Saluja
Submitted for GLOBAL TEACHER ACCREDITATION AWARD (GTA) OF BRITISH COUNCIL Mentor : Dr. Jayashree Inbaraj, Mumbai
Presentation made by : British Council ISA Award Kolkatta Nov 2013
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AN EDUCATOR: AN INSPIRATION
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REQUIREMENT FOR CHANGE IN MINDSET OF AN EDUCATOR
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WHY SHOULD AN EDUCATOR DO ACTION RESEARCH
• Deals with our questions and our problems• Results in better understanding and improve
educational practices.• Helps to build a stronger collegial relationships • Develop a greater understanding and appreciation
of the ethics involved in education.• It gives new ways of viewing and approaching our
educational questions.• Makes us a reflective practitioners.
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RESEARCH QUESTIONS• Can the CL structures help students to identify their social skills and
areas they need to work on?• Will social skills in children improve after the CLM intervention in
teaching of science?• Does number of siblings, family types, and nature as introverts -
extroverts affect development of their social skills?• Does CL structures help in improvement of presentation skills of
students?• Does CL structures help in increase in achievement in Science of grade
7 students?
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Milestones resulting in Growth while pursuing GTA Action Research
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•Extensive literature review gave insight about elements, structures,
and theory of my topic.
•Sharing my knowledge with other educationists.
•Stimulus to write articles – I had never done that before.
•Establishing contacts with pioneers of Cooperative learning
•Compiling extensive data and data Analysis.
•Writing report for GTA
•Reflection in my own practice.
•Finalising area of CL for my doctorate research work.
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My Personal Growth During GTA Action Reasearch
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Became member of IASCE
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Participation at the conference
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THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF CO-OPERATION IN EDUCATION
Faculty of Education, Scarborough Campus, The University of Hull, United Kingdom 4th - 6th July, 2013
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Moral boosting Moment!
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Received book ‘Finnish Lesson’ Author _ Pasi Sehelberg for sharing my idea in the inaugural speakers note session on “How to practice CL successfully in the classrooms?”
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Learning Moments!
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Yale Sharan : Group Investigation Projects Israel
Don Plumb : GLACIE organization Canada
Pasi Sehlberg : CIMO Finland
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Learning Moments !
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Robert Slavin : Director of the Institute for Effective Education at the University of York (U.K) and Director of the Center for Research and Reform in Education at Johns Hopkins University with Yale Sharan : Group Investigation Projects IsraelNancy Madden : President of Success for All Foundation
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Sharing Moments!ACHIVEMENT OF ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL GOALS USING
COOPERATIVE LEARNING STRUCTURES
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Sharing Moments!
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Inspiring Moments!
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Lynda Baloche and Maureen Breeze : Co Presidents IASCE Isabella Pescarmona – University of Turin - Italy
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Best Luck