CTaLE Groupwork COP

Introductory Meeting

25/09/2024

Agenda

Introductions

Objectives of the GWCoP

Activities

Outputs

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Getting involved

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Introductions

Tim Burnett

Aston University

Arpita Ghosh

University of Exeter

Objectives of GWCoP: Why does it exist?

Strengths of EconEd research around group work: Evaluation and rigour

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Weaknesses of EconEd research: Weak theoretical foundations

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The skill mixture in Economics education makes it a really interesting subject to study, but to really get to the bottom of things we need to

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Objectives of GWCoP

The GWCoP has several objectives:

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• Promote theoretically-grounded knowledge and understanding around effective groupwork
• Highlight the present state of group work research
• Disseminate good practice and collaboratively design and trial groupwork learning approaches
• Develop a genuine sense of community

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Ultimately, we want the GWCoP to have a meaningful and positive impact on the effectiveness of group work in EconEd

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Activities

The GWCoP will meet on a (roughly) monthly basis, each meeting consisting of one or more of the following activities:

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• Reading groups
• Focussing on broad interdisciplinary literature on effective group work and associated issues (peer review, group assessment design, etc.)
• Online presentations of current research/impact of current practice by community members or invited speakers
• Online panel events
• Knowledge-transfer events
• Community-design activities, Surgeries, etc.

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Dates of the monthly meetings – 2024/25

• Generally last Wednesdays of the month. –mark your calendars!
• 30^th October
• 27^th November
• 29^th January
• 26^th February
• 26^th March

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Outputs

To achieve its aims, the GWCoP will aim for several tangible outputs:

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• Newsletters of activities, collaboration and funding opportunities
• Updated, readily digestible, practitioner guidance on common issues in group working including (but not limited to):
• Assessment and peer assessment
• Assessment design for group working
• Managing groups and conflict resolution
• Group design and allocation
• Theory underpinned research outputs by community members, including those introducing and evaluating group work interventions

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Getting involved

This is a community endeavour, so there are many opportunities to get involved:

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• Suggesting reading topics and articles
• Presenting research or facilitating external presenters
• Facilitating knowledge-transfer
• Hosting pilot studies

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Future organising?

QR: Subscribe to GWCoP

This is hosted in our google site where we will be

posting readings, slides, event details, along with recordings (with consent) etc!

QR to Econ Ed for any suggestions

Please select CoP Group Work category (on the left) and post any suggestions you may have for us!

Immediate Actions

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Vote on the time of our next meeting:

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Vote on whether we will record the subsequent sessions:

What is the most preferred time for you for the monthly sessions?

Please download and install the Slido app on all computers you use

ⓘ Start presenting to display the poll results on this slide.

Should we record the GWCoP monthly sessions?

Please download and install the Slido app on all computers you use

ⓘ Start presenting to display the poll results on this slide.

For next time!

Our next meeting will be based around a reading group format

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Slavin, R. E., Hurley, E. A., & Chamberlain, A. (2003). Cooperative learning and achievement: Theory and research. In W. M. Reynolds & G. E. Miller (Eds.), Handbook of psychology: Educational psychology, Vol. 7, pp. 177–198). John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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We will send out this paper after the session, with some discussion prompt questions

This reading also is hosted under the home page in our website (October meeting).

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