Group Work in the English Classroom
The aim of this paper is to examine how students manage their roles when they work in groups on a task designed for cooperative (roles assigned) or collaborative (no roles assigned) learning. Apart from these two manners of learning, group work, per se, is also studied in order to observe what it ha...
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| Format: | master thesis |
| Publication Date: | 2019 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repository: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ddd.uab.cat:211096 |
| Online Access: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/211096 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Treball en equip -- Educació secundària obligatòria Interacció educativa Educació secundària obligatòria Joc de rols (Psicologia) Relacions humanes -- Formació Dinàmica de grups Intel·ligència social Competència comunicativa Psicolingüística Grups petits Comunicació en grups petits Aprenentatge actiu Estratègies d'aprenentatge Psicologia de l'aprenentatge Psicologia pedagògica Ensenyament -- Mètodes actius Educació--Experiències Psicologia |
| Summary: | The aim of this paper is to examine how students manage their roles when they work in groups on a task designed for cooperative (roles assigned) or collaborative (no roles assigned) learning. Apart from these two manners of learning, group work, per se, is also studied in order to observe what it has to offer. A theoretical framework is also needed to contextualise and address these matters. In the theoretical section, the difference between cooperative and collaborative group work and what group work consists of is discussed. For the empirical part of the dissertation, qualitative data has been extracted from field notes and from two recordings of different 1st grade of ESO groups to analyse their roles and management of a task which is used as language support in the teaching unit of the practicum. An action research perspective is adopted to improve teaching methods by observing how the task is carried out by these two different groups. |
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