ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the authors explore the use of learner-centred, collaborative learning in the small group teaching setting and the growth in ‘learner as partner’, that is increasingly evident is higher education vision. There are a number of reasons for wishing to adopt a learner-centred and a more collaborative and ‘learner-involving’ approach to learning in higher education. Engaging learners in partnership means seeing learners as active participants in their own learning. One of the most common approaches used in seminar classes is to ask a learner, a pair of learners or a small group of learners to prepare a short presentation, or to prepare to lead a discussion on assigned readings or a discussion topic for the class. Some tutors ask all the learners in the class to prepare as if they were going to lead the tutorial and, at the start of the class, select two learners at random to actually do so.
