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Strategies for Co-operative Strategies for Co-operative Thinking Thinking

July 2011July 2011

Eric Frangenheim

ITC Publications Pty Ltd

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• Focus Group, Subject and Topic

E.g. Year 10 Economics – Globalisation

Year 11 Accounting – Inventories

Year 12 Business– Sole Trader vs Partnership

Your ContextYour ContextRAS Alert. Front CoverRAS Alert. Front Cover

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TaxonomyTaxonomy

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Asking a good question is no Asking a good question is no guarantee you will get a good answerguarantee you will get a good answer

• However, offering an appropriate thinking strategy, tool or process (e.g. Icon Prompt, PCQ, SWOT Analysis, Judge-Jury) will more likely produce better discussion and therefore achieve the intended outcome


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Co-operative Co-operative LearningLearning

PrinciplesPrinciples1. Positive Interdependence - Sink or Swim together! (cannot completed 1 person)

- Clear & accepted common goal

2. Individual Accountability - no place to hide! Involves Public performance

3. Monitor the Group

– Functioning & Skills?

4. Equal Participation - 1 person cannot dominate

Acknowledgement: Johnson, D & Johnson, R


Cooperative Strategy

Round RobinRound Robin

Activity: Co-operative learning – positive outcomes

Rules: When you receive a

new sheet: 1. One person reads

aloud all the responses

2. DO NOT repeat your previous responses

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Noisy Round RobinNoisy Round Robin

• Yoplait (swap sheets clockwise –French!

• Rule – Read all responses– Add new ideas BUT– Do not repeat what

you have already generated

– Yoplait again

List all the concerns experienced by List all the concerns experienced by classroom teachers and administrators classroom teachers and administrators this year?this year?• How?

• Silent Round Robin


Mr MajolaMr Majola’’s Question –s Question – Reflection and Transfer Reflection and Transfer


Reflection

•Why is this useful?•How did it promote learning and engagement?•How did this address our school’s learning outcomes•Skills employed?

Transfer to RAS Alert

•Where would you use it in your unit of work?’•E.g. Year 3 Narratives

Year 12 Graphic design

•Where could you use this at home/professional meetings?


P 3. What is the core problem?




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P 2. Judge Jury – debatable topic

Any teacher who does not pass on the conference ideas within 4 weeks at their school should be

sacked!Co-operative Tool: Judge Jury

No.1s. 90 sec - FOR topic (Defence)

No.2.s 90 sec – AGAINST topic

(Prosecution)

No.3s. Listen, decide, present verdict (Judges)Research & Plan: PCQ Research & Plan: PCQ

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1:4:P:C:R 1:4:P:C:R (p 3)(p 3)

• To design, define, embellish, clarify, express

• Step 1. Write, draw – solo – silent (2-10 min)

• Step 2. Share in groups of 4

• Step 3. publish joint product – on wall

• Step 4. Circle and take notes

• Step 5. Return and refine

• Step 6. Debrief

YJWB to define the 7 major YJWB to define the 7 major characteristics of Effective characteristics of Effective

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ReflectionReflectionTool: Tool: 3:2:1:R:I:Q3:2:1:R:I:Q

• 3 x Recalls (facts)• 2 x Insights

• Implications, affirmations, relevance

• 1 x Question• I wonder….?• In the future, what will …. ? • How does this affect ..?


ResourcesResources

Hamilton Education resource Centre

www.teacherpd.com.au

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