Subject: | | Re: Small Group Learning |
From: | | "Toby Lipman 7, Collingwood Terrace, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne. Tel 0191-2811060 (home), 0191-2869178 (surgery)" <[log in to unmask]> |
Reply-To: | | Toby Lipman 7, Collingwood Terrace, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne. Tel 0191-2811060 (home), 0191-2869178 (surgery) |
Date: | | Fri, 25 Jun 1999 17:35:12 +0100 |
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In message <[log in to unmask]>, Robbins, Brett
<[log in to unmask]> writes
>EBM is best taught in small groups. Traditionally, this means 4-8 or so.
>Any ideas or data on 'how big is too big?'
>
I don't think you can say dogmatically what is the right size of group.
I'd agree that if a small group gets much beyond 8 + facilitators it can
get unwieldy, yet you can have a perfectly good interactive learning
session with 20 or 40 or...I don't know, in a "large group".
Has anyone tried videoing small groups? I'd guess that one of the
limiting factors is how many participants you have to have before the
facilitators start to overlook non-participants and let them stew in
their own miserable little corner. I think that has happened with me in
groups of around 12, but it would be interesting to see a video to find
out what's going on. (and maybe sometimes there are participants you'd
really like to ignore, and you yield to temptation if the group's big
enough!)
Cheers
Toby
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Toby Lipman
General practitioner, Newcastle upon Tyne
Northern and Yorkshire research training fellow
Tel 0191-2811060 (home), 0191-2437000 (surgery)
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