ABSTRACT
Promoting Effective Group Work in the Primary Classroom, 2nd ed. is designed to enhance teachers’ and teaching assistants’ confidence in engaging their children in effective group work, allowing for more active participation, more on-task focus and higher levels of achievement.
This accessible second edition is packed full of valuable strategies for teachers and fun activities for children, offering guidance on how to create an inclusive and supportive classroom by developing the social, communicative and group working skills of all pupils. It has been thoroughly updated and includes new material on whole school approaches to group work, the risks and challenges involved, and how to involve Teaching Assistants and other support staff in undertaking inclusive and effective group work in classrooms. A tried-and-tested, step-by-step approach encourages both children and their teachers to develop supportive relationships that have been found to facilitate academic performance, positive social behaviour and motivation. Since the first edition the authors have found that this handbook can be used successfully in many different countries around the world.
With ideas to help resolve problems that might arise and suggested training activities to support pupils, this text is a one-stop resource to ensure effective group work in the classroom. It is an essential guide for both trainee and practising teachers, as well as TAs and support staff, and a valuable basis for school action.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |9 pages
Background and introduction to the handbook
part |84 pages
Developing group work in your classroom
chapter |7 pages
The case for group work
chapter |6 pages
How is your classroom organised?
chapter |10 pages
Preparing the classroom for successful group work
chapter |9 pages
Developing pupils' group-work skills
chapter |6 pages
Creating effective group-work activities and tasks
chapter |5 pages
Evaluating group work
chapter |11 pages
Using group work in the curriculum
chapter |8 pages
Developing a whole school approach to group work
part |67 pages
Group work and training activities for your class