Collaborative learning

Author: Ma Lan (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: This book is a research outcome supported by the key project "Research on New Approaches to Learning and Teaching and Their Integration" under the National Education Science "Fifteenth Five-Year" Plan, and is part of the teacher education series textbooks for the new basic education curriculum. The book is based on the concept of "learning to develop" and modern learning theories, exploring the educational practice topic of collaborative learning in the context of the new curriculum. The author explicitly states in this book that collaboration is not only a teaching method but also a life attitude. Collaboration is not only a learning method but also learning content. Collaboration is not just teacher-student interaction but also a resource-sharing approach. Collaboration fulfills the needs of belonging, self-esteem, freedom, and fun for each student in a collaborative group. The book consists of 9 chapters, covering main topics such as: the concept of collaborative learning, classroom grouping, team building, collaborative goals and tasks, methods and approaches of collaborative learning, evaluation of collaborative learning, and common issues in collaborative learning. The book also includes special discussion topics at the end, such as regular classroom collaborative learning, teaching cases and analysis, collaborative learning in large classes, and a comparison between mastery learning and collaborative learning. This book can serve as a general training textbook for the new curriculum and can also be used as an elective textbook for education majors in normal universities.