500 Tips on Group Learning

Part 1 Learning with others; Chapter 1 Learning about learning; Chapter 2 Group learning means learning by doing; Chapter 3 Group learning means learning through feedback; Chapter 4 Things going wrong can be good group learning; Chapter 5 Group learning means motivation... wanting to learn...; Chapter 6 Behaviours of a good leader; Chapter 7 Group learning includes following; Chapter 8 Benefits of group learning; Part 2 Getting groups going; Chapter 9 Preparing learners for group work; Chapter 10 Ways of forming groups; Chapter 11 Group size considerations; Chapter 12 Getting groups started; Chapter 13 Icebreakers: some ideas; Chapter 14 Establishing ground rules for groups; Chapter 15 Reducing the bystander effect; Chapter 16 Creating group cohesion; Chapter 17 Setting shared goals; Part 3 Particular group learning contexts; Chapter 18 Tutorials; Chapter 19 Tutorials for adult distance learners; Chapter 20 Home groups; Chapter 21 Action learning sets; Chapter 22 Tutorless groups; Chapter 23 Be a group member yourself!; Chapter 24 Team teaching; Part 4 Exercises and processes for groups; Chapter 25 Ringing the changes; Chapter 26 Post-it exercise on how people learn; Chapter 27 Feedback exercise for groups; Chapter 28 Post-its and flipcharts; Chapter 29 Helping learners to write reflections on group learning; Chapter 30 Virtual group work; Chapter 31 A case study; Part 5 Groups behaving badly?; Chapter 32 Group member behaviours that damage group work; Chapter 33 Group facilitator behaviours that can damage group work; Chapter 34 Institutional factors that can damage group work; Chapter 35 Conflict in group work; Chapter 36 Gender issues in group work; Part 6 Assessing group learning; Chapter 37 Take the simplest path; Chapter 38 Divide and concur; Chapter 39 Add differentials; Chapter 40 Add contribution marks; Chapter 41 Add more tasks; Chapter 42 Test them orally; Chapter 43 Test them in writing;