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Teaching small groups in Psychology

Teaching small groups in Psychology. Dr Julie Hulme. What is small group teaching?. Student-tutor interaction; Three to twenty-five students; May meet once or many times through a term; Tends to focus on discussion of pre-defined subject-specific material.

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Teaching small groups in Psychology

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  1. Teaching small groups in Psychology • Dr Julie Hulme

  2. What is small group teaching? • Student-tutor interaction; • Three to twenty-five students; • May meet once or many times through a term; • Tends to focus on discussion of pre-defined subject-specific material. • Approaches to small group learning and teaching: http://www.gla.ac.uk/media/media_12157_en.pdf

  3. What experience have you gained? What methods do you use? What difficulties have you experienced? And why? What goes well? And why?

  4. Common problems Split into four groups. You will each be given a card with a word or phrase written on it. Spend no more than five minutes deciding on a group definition of the phrase, and identify one suggestion to help overcome it. You may use your mobile device to help find information if you wish. Jigsaw groups!

  5. Forming groups • Friendship groups are more likely to go off task, distract each other, and fall out. • Cooper, J. (n.d.). Sabotaging Cooperative Learning: Or, Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory. • Retrieved from: http://clte.asu.edu/active/sabotage.pdf • Find ways to form groups: • Differentiate on method of approaching task; • Differentiate on method of feeding back; • Random allocation; • Your own agenda.

  6. Getting started • Clear purpose and expectations; • Structure and organisation; • Effective working atmosphere; • Welcoming and safe; • Get started quickly with a task; • Consider group contracts; • Facilitate – don’t teach; • Don’t be afraid of silence; • Encourage preparation.

  7. What might you do differently? Which of these approaches have you tried? Did they work? Which ones are new? Which ones appeal?

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