What reaction do you have to the points raised
in the Preparation for Viewing for this activity,
and in the post-lesson conference that you observed?
How can you mentor for these particular considerations,
such that the benefits of using group work in
catering for individual differences are maximized
and the difficulties minimized?
Would you agree that the opportunity to incorporate
values and attitudes, as required by the new
Hong Kong curriculum, had largely been missed
in this lesson, even though the text being studied
is about helping others in the community and
the way the pupils were grouped in class was
intended to encourage cooperative learning?
Share your experiences of using small group
activities in your classrooms. What was your
main purpose in using the small group approach
– was it, perhaps, for classroom management,
to help cater for individual differences, or
to foster cooperative learning?
What opportunities can small group work provide
in catering for individual differences that cannot
be so easily catered for in whole class lessons?
Is group work
always the best strategy in teaching? Are there
limitations in this approach for developing individual
pupil's many different abilities? |
