Becka, I was struck when you mentioned the points below because its exactly
what our technique is set up to address
"I'd love to move more to a situation where students were in control of the
content of a skills module themselves, where it was fully contextualised into
the subject area and where they felt empowered and motivated as a result of
the developmental activities they were engaged in."
Through the collaborative reflection process, the students co-construct the
agenda for the discussion that follows. Because the whole-group issues are
made visible (through the voting/whiteboard technology) it allows others to
then respond to *their* agenda. It is very much socially situated and we are
currently exploring the value for learning support and subject-based issues in
the research. Next week its going to be used for collaborative placement
review for example.
cheers,
Nick
Nicholas Bowskill,
Faculty of Education
University of Glasgow
http://www.sharedthinking.info
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