Collaboration

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Collaboration
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Aims

• To explore different ways learners can work
  collaboratively and cooperatively

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Aims

• To explore different ways learners can work
  collaboratively and cooperatively
• To increase understanding of the benefits of
  collaborative learning

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Aims

• To explore different ways learners can work
  collaboratively and cooperatively
• To increase understanding of the benefits of
  collaborative learning
• To be aware of how schools can foster
  collaborative learning communities

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Discussion Point
Children may work in groups, but they very seldom
work as groups.
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Key Question
To what extent and in what ways does our school
or department foster collaborative learning?
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Information Movie
Collaborative Learning
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Key Points

• By working together we increase our knowledge and
  understanding of the world
• We develop skills by watching others, practising
  and getting feedback on our efforts
• Collaboration requires teachers and pupils to
  work in new ways and to learn new skills

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Key Points

• Approaches to collaborative learning include
• Co-operative learning
• Peer teaching and mentoring
• Peer critique sessions
• Brainstorming
• Challenge scenarios

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Perspective Movies
Collaborative Thinking Carol McGuinness Collabor
ative Learning Dylan Wiliam
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Key Question
To what extent do we provide genuine
collaborative learning experiences for pupils?
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Key Question
To what extent do learners currently work
together as a team to solve meaningful problems?
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Key Question
To what extent do learners exhibit or present the
outcomes of their learning?
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Key Question
To what extent do learners reflect critically on
what and how they are learning?
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Key Question
To what extent do learners apply quality criteria
to help them evaluate their work?
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Key Question
To what extent do learners take responsibility
for their learning?
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Key Question
To what extent do our assessment methods reflect
collaborative work by pupils?
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Key Question
To what extent do we help learners to develop
productive talk and discussion skills?
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Key Question
To what extent do we build collaborative working
into curriculum design and lesson planning?
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Key Question
To what extent does our school foster
collaborative working amongst staff?
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Illustrative Movies
Collaboration challenge learning Collaboration
a whole school approach
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Action Planning
In what ways can we make our classrooms more
collaborative?
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Action Planning
In what ways can we make our classrooms more
collaborative? What steps can we take to achieve
this?
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