Unit of Study EDUC3001 Co-operative Learning Skills in the Classroom (2023)

Unit description

Provides students with opportunities to: investigate, analyse and evaluate the teaching strategy of Cooperative Learning in the classroom environment. Students will participate in a cooperative learning activity to develop teaching and personal interaction skills associated with cooperative learning and will also develop a good understanding of using cooperative assessment strategies as an authentic classroom strategy.

Unit content

This unit will examine the cooperative learning principles of positive interdependence, face-to-face interactions, inter-personal and small group social skills, group processing  and individual accountability, as the factors distinguishing cooperative learning from group work. Team building, communication skills, information sharing, thinking skills and social skills will be experienced during a group assignment. Students will research and explain these structures and determine appropriate application and implementation techniques as well as considering their potential for assessment. The course of study is focused through four modules:

1. Cooperative learning – define and compare learning theories
2. Implementing Cooperative Learning in the Classroom
3. Locating Cooperative Learning in the Curriculum (Curriculum and assessment)
4. Developing Cooperative Learning Skills