Ulteriori informazioni
Using examples of real students' successful group projects, this succinct and supportive guide will help students tackle group assignments with confidence. Bite-sized chapters take students from forming a group and establishing roles through to dealing with conflict and delivering a group assessment. The book contains practical advice on making decisions and active listening, alongside opportunities to reflect on progress and identify opportunities for improvement.
This is an essential resource for all students who are expected to produce a group project as part of their course, regardless of their level or discipline.
Sommario
Acknowledgements.
Introduction.
PART I: GETTING READY FOR GROUPWORK.
1. Why work in groups at university?
2. What do you expect from groupwork?
3. The key challenges of groupwork
4. What makes groups successful?
PART II: CREATING THE TEAM.
5. How groups are selected
6. The first meeting: getting it right
7. Agree your ground rules
PART III: ORGANISING YOUR GROUP.
8. Understanding the task
9. Team roles
10. Organising meetings
11. Making decisions
PART IV: RELATIONSHIPS AND COMMUNICATION.
12. Analysing what is going on
13. Reviewing and revising your ground rules
14. Dealing with conflict
PART V: ASSESSMENT AND REFLECTION.
15. Meeting assessment criteria.
16. Reflecting on your experience.
17. Writing up your reflection
Troubleshooting Guide.
References.
Index.
Info autore
Peter Hartley is an independent HE Consultant, and Visiting Professor at Edge Hill University, following previous roles as Professor of Education Development and head of the Educational Development unit at Bradford, and Professor of Communication at Sheffield Hallam. As a National Teaching Fellow since 2000, he has promoted technology in education, and developed award-winning software. Alongside work on innovations such as new learning spaces and programme assessment, his longstanding interests in human interaction produced several popular textbooks (
Interpersonal Communication, Group Communication) and he is now developing the third edition of
Business Communication (2nd edition in
2015). He is also working on student notetaking and visual thinking, focusing on concept mapping.
Riassunto
Using examples of real students’ successful group projects, this succinct and supportive guide will help students tackle group assignments with confidence. Bite-sized chapters take students from forming a group and establishing roles through to dealing with conflict and delivering a group assessment. The book contains practical advice on making decisions and active listening, alongside opportunities to reflect on progress and identify opportunities for improvement.
This is an essential resource for all students who are expected to produce a group project as part of their course, regardless of their level or discipline.
Prefazione
A fully-updated, concise resource that guides students through every aspect of group assignments.
