EPSY302 Co-operative Learning

Thanks everyone for your hard work this week, and for your thoughtful comments and questions about making co-operative learning work. In the lecture and tutorial we have now looked at a wide range of co-operative learning structures, including; Think Pair Share; Rally Table Brainstorm; Timed Talking; Broken pieces; Expert jigsaw activities; Assembly; Human Treasure hunt; Bodily functions; Hot potato and Donut discussions. These will be useful across subjects and across agegroups. I encourage you to incorporate these activities into your lessons on TE. I especially encourage you to utilise co-operative learning activities during the learning process – don’t just relegate it to openings and revision. When you’re ready to find our more, check out texts by writers like Brown and Thomson, Kagan, Johnson and Johnson, and Ginnis for more imaginative and versatile activity structures.