Collaboration
Blog posting for Sing et al. (2011)
The first two chapters of Sing et al deal with collaboration
between students and the learning process. The first chapter spends some time
looking at coop operative learning vs collaborative learning and spelling out
the differences between the two. First I
didn’t really think it was necessary to draw a distinction between the two,
however later in the paragraph sing etal (2011) goes on to describe how
cooperative learning is a stepping stone to collaborative learning. Further
more they give tips on how to encourage student to transition from cooperative
students to collaborative students. Sing et al observe that cooperative
students need to have more structure and goal based learning than collaborative
students. This means that as students get used to cooperation teachers should gradually remove structure
and allow students to take greater ownership of projects.
Chapter one also explicitly links social-cultural theory
(Vygostski) and collaborative learning and briefly describes Vygotsky’s
conclusions that effective learning is a social endeavor. They also talk about
the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)
and how group work means that students with different strengths working
together can benefit each other.
Chapter 2 is pretty much summed up by its title “Affordances
of ICT and the Support for Collaborative Learning” this refers to the fact that
there are many aspects of ICT that help the collaborative approach to learning.
My thoughts,
For my KLA (ICT) collaboration is a large part of the
curriculum and also resonates positivity with me in how I feel an effective
learning environment should look. I also thought it was interesting to note
that it is important for a teacher to realise that students my need to progress
gradually from cooperative learning to collaborative learning - this has given something for me to think about
that hasn’t been presented in other subjects that I have done.
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