TLE 2014 - 2015Collaboration

Establishing a positive classroom environment for group work to be

productiveCHALLENGE – EVALUATION – CREATIVITY – CLARITY – FOUNDATIONS – COLLABORATION

Objectives

“Mastering our craft”

• In depth focus on Collaboration

• To consider the impact of collaboration on student learning

• To try out new strategies for structuring and deconstructing collaborative activities in our classrooms

• To assess the impact on student engagement and progress

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Starter- Effective Classrooms

• Rules of the game- You only answer a question card when you roll and 1 or a 6

• Once you have answered the question place the card face up on the table and the next person rolls the dice

• Each person must roll in turn• First team to answer all the question cards in the pile

shouts….”COLLABORATION” wins and gets an exceptional prize!!!

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Reflection

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• Before you embark on any sort of collaboration in the classroom. You must have established an effective classroom environment where you are in control and rules and routines are firmly established. Get the basics right first!

• Hand-out -Effective Classroom diagram

• We modelled a group work strategy for you during that starter activity from Kagan Cooperative Learning.

The Power of Collaboration

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• In recent pupil forums, pupils have said that their preferred learning style is in groups where they felt comfortable- Student Selected Teams

• Is this how you like to work?• How often do you allow students to work in this sort of group?

• Students also told us that they do limited group work outside of the Creative Arts and PE- Why might this be?

‘SHOWDOWN’

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Working in 4’s- nominate a CaptainYou will be shown a question on the PPT- note your answer down on the bullet point sheet provided in silence and on your ownWhen we call ‘Showdown’, the whole team holds up their answers.Each member in turn reads out their response to the group.The Captain shares one interesting thing back to the whole group.

SHOWDOWN!

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• We know that collaborative learning is powerful tool for student progress. (See Kagan hand -out.) Why is this?

• What prevents you from planning for collaborative learning in your classroom?

The Theory of Collaborative Learning

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How do you group students?What grouping strategy do you most frequently use and why?

The Four Types of Teams

Heterogeneous Mixed

Homogeneous Similar

Random Teams Random

Student Selected Teams Students create

Theory of Collaborative Learning

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The Seven Keys to success: 1. Structure What are you using to structure your group

work activity?

2. Teams How, when and why should you change the groupings?

3. Management How are you managing your groups and ensuring that all students are contributing equally? How do you monitor and assess this?

4. Class building How to ensure you create a caring, and supportive environment

5Teambuliding How to ensure all students are learning and making progress

6. Social Skills How to teach students the skills needed to work effectively in groups

7. Basic Principles- PIES Use the PIES principle to ensure effective collaboration……

Successful collaboration needs….

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P-Positive InterdependenceI- Individual AccountabilityE-Equal ParticipationS- Simultaneous Action

Bear this in mind when planning group activities….

Group Expectations

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Group Musts:• You must stay in your group at all times• You must not talk over each other • You must ‘actively’ listen to each other• You must make sensible and helpful contributions• You must make at least two contribution to the group

throughout this discussion• You must be aware of the time limit

Problem Page

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In your 4’s (optimum group number) choose one of the following problems associated with collaborative learning and consider the advice you would give to improve this situation.

• I have finished so now I will now distract others• Teacher is trying to set that class off onto a collaborative task but

some students are being silly.• One student dominates the group and controls the direction of the

task too much• 5 in a group, 2 are working well, 2 are colouring in and making a title• The group can’t make a decision• The group is made up of quiet students who don’t want to talk to

each other.

Deconstruction of Group Task

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• Spy’s Feedback•Group nominated Star• Why is the deconstruction so important?

Your task for the next twilight

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• Choose a scenario from the Problem Page that is a concern for you and trial using some new some collaborative strategies. (Use the reading material and the discussion points made today to support this.)

• Where to go for help?• Us• Ask in department for ideas• Ask colleagues who are experience in collaborative learning for advice• Coaching?• Research

Bring your lesson plan/ resources/ activity to share. Provide us with your evaluation of its success and limitations.

We will collate these.