For Teaching Reform in Mass-Production Lectures

― On Cooperative Learning in Group-Work

Abstract

  This document records the process of cooperative learning in groups within “mass-production” lectures, which was carried out through teaching methods centering on the production of video materials. The main purposes of the present practices are to make a developmental model of a cooperative learning system for group-work, to make an instructional model of teaching materials analysis, and to enhance the literacy of students.

  Cooperative learning procedures are designed to engage students actively in the learning process through inquiry and discussion in small groups.

  The group-work is carefully organized and structured so as to promote the participation and learning of all group members in a cooperatively shared understanding.

  Cooperative learning is more than just tossing students into a classroom and telling them to talk together.

  The following attributes are common to all methods of cooperative learning.

  ・A task and learning activity suitable for group-work

  ・Student-to-student interaction in small groups

  ・Teacher-to-students (small groups) interaction in mass-production lectures