Transformative and Cooperative Learning | Origin: ED204
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Tomorrow's Learning Environment Today --> Transformative and Cooperative Learning
Post what you've learned about this topic and how you intend to apply it. Feel free to post questions and comments too.
I learned that when students are supported through honest reflection and teamwork, they don’t just learn facts—they grow, shift their perspectives, and build the confidence to apply what they’ve learned in real life.
This module provided good information on cooperative learning. In my current class, we complete a lot of group projects with presentations and students have roles. We have not completed group assessments. I intend to look for opportunities where students could take group quizzes where they would all play an equal role, which can be challenging.
Cooperative knowledge acquisition aligns more closely with real-life experiences. The ability to collaborate, share, and co-create knowledge not only fosters a rich learning environment but also contributes to a more just and equitable society. This perspective redefines education as a collective, rather than merely an individual, good.
I like that with cooperative learning, grades are to be individual and group based. I do not know many people who really love a group project, but having been in leadership, I absolutely know how imperative it is to learn to work with people towards a common goal even when you don't all love each other! I think it is an essential professional life social skill to learn to get along when you don't feel like getting along.
Both Transformative and Cooperative learning involve group dynamics and learning. Delving into a subject matter deeper and with reflection is transformative however cooperative learning is geared to do an activity to learn.
I learned that effective communication and group engagement is vital for the success of transformative and collaborative learning.
Transformational learning involves a lengthy and complicated 10-step process.
In this course and others I have seen references to "jigsaw" reading, so I looked it up. I liked the idea of students becoming experts at different parts of the text and then sharing it with classmates in a "speed dating" style format. I feel like this keeps students engaged while practicing communication skills.
Transformative learning is a type of learning applicable to clinical setting where we connect theory to practice. It focuses on "how we know" rather than "what we know". Gaining new knowledge and skills for implementing new plans.
Group projects helps to become team players.
Most important concepts in cooperative learning are positive interdependence and individual accountability .
Group learning is a great additive to mix the dynamics up in the learning process
Cooperative learning is an important part of teaching.
Corporative learning is one of my favorites. The results are amazing!
Group learning is awesome for each student
I believe that each student has a lot to give a group if they understand how to give it.
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Cooperative learning works well in the lab setting, however, in past experiences, students don't often like to share projects and other assignments.
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I really like the group learning aspect. I think that each student has a lot to give a group if they know how to do it.
Reply to Courtney Anastasia's post:I agree. There always seems to be that one student that the others complain about who isn't doing their fair share.
