Tried and tested tips for running effective small groups in higher education and training
Seminars and tutorials are staples of higher and professional education courses, but running them well and ensuring that they are effective is not easy.This guideprovides practical suggestions for ways to develop one's skills in running small groups. The authors cover all the issues involved in running small groups: ways to begin, student-led seminars, groupwork, student participation and responsibility, evaluation, written material, and expressing feelings. Whether one isnew to teaching and eagerto develop good strategies, or more experienced and looking to expandan establishedrepertoire, this handy guide offers plenty of rewarding suggestions."
Hannah Strawson is a lawyer. Graham Gibbs was professor at the Oxford Learning Institute at the University of Oxford. Trevor Habeshaw and Sue Habeshaw lectured at the University of Western England.