Within interactive learning spaces, students are granted opportunities to ‘grapple’ with content as a ‘community of learners’, developing valuable intrapersonal and interpersonal skills (Smith, 2003, Johnson et al., 1994). It is insufficient for educators to simply “transmit knowledge” (Bada & Olusegun, 2015, p.66) as students must be encouraged to develop social/cognitive skills through interaction. I have often viewed group, collaborative and cooperative learning spaces as terms synonymous with one another, however, they take different forms.
Clipart Library. (2019). Cooperative Learning Cliparts. http://clipart-library.com/image_gallery/n1539329.jpg
CHARACTERISTICS OF EACH LEARNING SPACE
Example of cooperative group learning:
Let’s Teach. (2020, October 14). What is the Jigsaw Method. . YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS6R0kq6PyU
From personal experience, establishing such learning without a specific intention or considering the environment in which it takes place ultimately leads to disengagement (Lund & Jolly, 2010).
REFERENCES
Bada, S. O., & Olusegun, S. (2015). Constructivism learning theory: A paradigm for teaching and learning. Journal of Research & Method in Education, 5(6), 66-70. DOI: 10.9790/7388-05616670
Churchill, S., Godinho, S., Johnson, N. F.; Keddie, A., Letts, W.; Lowe, K.; Mackay, J.; McGill, M.; Moss, J.; Nagel, M.; Shaw, K.; Vick, M. (2013). Teaching: Making a difference (3rd ed.). John Wiley & Sons.
Johnson, D. W., Johnson, R. T., & Holubec, E. J. (1994). The nuts and bolts of cooperative learning. Interaction Book Company.
Let’s Teach. (2020, October 14). What is the Jigsaw Method. . YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS6R0kq6PyU
Parsons, C. S. (2016). “Space and Consequences”: The Influence of the Roundtable Classroom Design on Student Dialogue. Journal of Learning Spaces, 5(2), 15-25.
Prichard, J. S., Bizo, L. A., & Stratford, R. J. (2006). The educational impact of team‐skills training: Preparing students to work in groups. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 76(1), 119-140.
Slavin, Robert E. (2010). Co-operative learning: what makes group-work work?. In Hanna Dumont, David Istance and Francisco Benavides (eds.), The Nature of Learning: Using Research to Inspire Practice, OECD Publishing. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264086487-9-en
Smith, M. (2003). Jean Lave, Etienne Wenger and communities of practice. http://infed.org/mobi/jean-lave-etienne-wenger-and-communities-of-practice/
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