Success in Groupwork (Pocket Study Skills) - Softcover

Peter Hartley; Mark Dawson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0230272304 ISBN 13: 9780230272309

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

Synopsis

This guide provides students with practical advice and ideas to help them work effectively with other people and get the most out of their group project. It takes the reader from forming a group, working together on a project, dealing with conflict, using online resources through to delivering a group assessment.

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About the Author

PETER HARTLEY is Professor of Education Development at the University of Bradford where he runs the educational development team. Formerly Professor of Communication at Sheffield Hallam University, he has a longstanding interest in interpersonal communication and student groups, both in terms of theory and the development of practical support and resources. He has devised and produced innovative multimedia to enhance students skills and was one of the team who planned and developed the award-winning Making Groupwork Work online resource, working with colleagues from the LearnHigher Centre for Excellence (CETL). <BR><BR>MARK DAWSON is Student Development Co-ordinator with the Learner Development Unit at the University of Bradford. After studying Geography and Earth Science at the University of Edinburgh, he worked at Leeds Metropolitan University with responsibility for managing the student experience, from pre-entry out-reach to final year graduation, co-ordinating activities designed to engage and develop students at all levels of study. He is an experienced facilitator and has supported students with a wide range of personal and academic-related issues.<BR>

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0230272304
• ISBN 13: 9780230272309
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 96