Collaborative Learning in Staffrooms and Classrooms
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 1. October 2026
Book
Hardback
218 pages
978-1-041-40789-8 (ISBN)
Description
Originally published in 1994, Collaborative Learning in Staffrooms and Classrooms seeks to widen definitions of collaborative learning beyond formal groupwork in classrooms and organised teamwork in staffrooms. This is done through examining a rich variety of actual experiences of working together. Evidence from classrooms and staffrooms is used to reconceptualise collaborative learning, in order to reduce the inertia, indifference and doubt which limit its use; and to overcome the tendency for it to be used as a means of control rather than as a support for learning.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Adult education
Adult education, General, and Postgraduate
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-041-40789-8 (9781041407898)
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Persons
Colin Biott
Patrick Easen was, at the time of original publication, Director of Continuing Professional Development (Primary) at the University of Newcastle.
Patrick Easen was, at the time of original publication, Director of Continuing Professional Development (Primary) at the University of Newcastle.
Content
Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part One: Belonging and Contributing 1. Children Learning to be Together in Classrooms 2. Children Learning to be Contributing Members of Classroom Groups 3. Learning to Belong and Contribute in Staffrooms: Student Teachers as Temporary Staff Members 4. New Staff Members Learning from the 'Memory Bearers': Teachers' First School Christmas (with Anne Spendiff) 5. Experienced Teachers Planning Together: Belonging or Contractual Membership? Part Two: Developing Collaboration through Enquiry 6. Becoming a Good Response Partner (with Jo Fawcett) 7. Developing Learning Partnerships in Classrooms: Peer Tutoring and Advisory Teaching (with Julia Smith and Jo Ann Buczynskyj) 8. Children Working in Groups to Solve Real Problems (with Karen Haggis) Part Three: Collaborating and Learning 9. Collaborating to Learn and Learning to Collaborate 10. Understanding and Promoting Collaborative Learning. References.