Benefits of the collaborative laerning

The next class we begin with the giving our opinion about this question.

1.      What does mean attention to diversity?

Firstly it means pay attention on this diversity,  investigate this diversity.  Next it means  adapt the program of the school to this diversity.  

2.      Why is it important in our subject?

Because on the School Guidance and Counseling we have to work with the people who sometimes need special treatment. Everybody are different, we should adapt the methods to the differences of the students.

 Then the students are divided into two discussible groups. One of the group has to think about advantages and the second about disadvantage about collaborative learning. Subsequently we discuss about this and we try to convince the other. Finally we gives ours private opinions what we actually think about collaborative learning. I really like this task.  We share our opinions in the interesting and active  way. The students want to participate and listen the others. 

WEEKNESS OF COLLABORATIVE LEARNING
1.      People don’t work collaborative in a proper way. 
2.      People depend the other, if somebody doesn’t work well, all group has a problem because of this. 
3.      Everybody has a his proper way to learn and different time. 
4.      Sometimes people don’t take a responsibility on the exercises. 
5.      The marks not always are fair. 
6.      Sometimes students have problem with splitting into pieces the materials. 
7.      Students spend a lot of time to talk about irrelevant topic. 
8.    Someone can want to making a decision about everything what is connecting with the working of the group.

BENEFITS OF COLLABORATIVE LEARNING

1. Develops higher level thinking skills
2. Promotes student-faculty interaction and familiarity
3. Increases student retention
4. Builds self esteem in students
5. Enhances student satisfaction with the learning experience
6. Promotes a positive attitude toward the subject matter
7. Develops oral communication skills
8. Develops social interaction skills
9. Promotes positive race relations
10. Creates an environment of active, involved, exploratory learning
11. Uses a team approach to problem solving while maintaining individual accountability
12. Encourages diversity understanding
13. Encourages student responsibility for learning
14. Involves students in developing curriculum and class procedures
15. Students explore alternate problem solutions in a safe environment
16. Stimulates critical thinking and helps students clarify ideas through discussion and debate
17. Enhances self management skills
18. Fits in well with the constructivist approach
19. Establishs an atmosphere of cooperation and helping schoolwide
20. Students develop responsibility for each other
21. Builds more positive heterogeneous relationships
22. Encourages alternate student assessment techniques
23. Fosters and develops interpersonal relationships
24. Modelling problem solving techniques by students' peers
25. Students are taught how to criticize ideas, not people
26. Sets high expectations for students and teachers
27. Promotes higher achievement and class attendance .
28. Students stay on task more and are less disruptive
29. Greater ability of students to view situations from others' perspectives (development of empathy)
30. Creates a stronger social support system
31. Creates a more positive attitude toward teachers, principals and other school personnel by students and creates a more positive attitude by teachers toward their students
32. Addresses learning style differences among students
33. Promotes innovation in teaching and classroom techniques
34. Classroom anxiety is significantly reduced
35. Test anxiety is significantly reduced
36. Classroom resembles real life social and employment situations
37. Students practice modeling societal and work related roles
38. CL is synergystic with writing across the curriculum
39. CL activities can be used to personalize large lecture classes
40. Skill building and practice can be enhanced and made less tedious through CL activities in and out of class.
41. CL activities promote social and academic relationships well beyond the classroom and individual course
42. CL processes create environments where students can practice building leadership skills.
43. CL increases leadership skills of female students
44. In colleges where students commute to school and do not remain on campus to participate in campus life activities, CL creates a community environment within the classroom.