Using Group Work To Improve Student Learning

Course summary

This course will help you understand how group work can be used to improve student learning, and deepen students’ experience of and engagement with topics.

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You will learn:

• What great group work looks like and why it is important.
• How group work can benefit you and your students.
• How to prepare students for group work tasks.
• How to overcome some common group work challenges.
• Tips and strategies for incorporating more group work and improving existing group work tasks.

Course time:

This course will take you 2 hours to complete. Enjoy it in one session or spread it out over a few weeks. You will have ongoing access via your personal dashboard.

Accreditation:

This course is mapped to the Professional Standards for Teachers. It is accredited for teacher professional development hours in the following states and territories:

Proficient Teacher – all states and territories except NSW:

• 3.3 Select and use relevant teaching strategies to develop knowledge, skills, problem-solving and critical and creative thinking.
• 4.1 Establish and implement inclusive and positive interactions to engage and support all students in classroom activities.

This course is not currently accredited in NSW (NESA). However, it can be counted toward NESA PD elective hours.

This course is accredited by TQI for 2 hours of professional development for teachers in the ACT for 2024.

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Course Content

Getting Started

01.

Introduction

02.

Background to group work

03.

Set some learning goals

Group Work Essentials

04.

Why is group work important?

05.

What are the benefits of group work to students?

06.

What are the benefits of group work to teachers?

07.

Group work in the Australian Curriculum

Getting The Most out Of Group Work

08.

Practicing good group work

09.

Choosing the right task

10.

Preparing students for working in groups

11.

Creating group work guidelines

12.

Encourage communication

13.

Stretching students

14.

Assessing group work

15.

Other strategies for addressing unequal participation

16.

Teaching tips

17.

Quick check-in

Your Teaching

18.

Cool lesson plans

Reflection

19.

Taxonomy of learning

20.

Suggestions for collaboration

21.

Congratulations

Course instructors

Krista Nisi is the Head Writer at Cool Australia and brings over 15 years of experiencing working in education, tertiary and local government. She holds a Masters in Environment (Environmental Education) from the University of Melbourne. Krista looks for innovative ways to involve young people in early learning and school education by helping them explore, think about and engage with the world around them.

Mark Drummond from Cool Australia is your course teacher. He has worked in the education sector for over 11 years as a classroom teacher, Leader of Pedagogy within an Ed-Tech startup and as an educational consultant. Mark is an absolute science nerd and loves talking about dinosaurs as much as he loves talking about education (which is a lot)!

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Partners

We would like to thank Cisco for their support in the creation of this online course.