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influence of the group on a child
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MarionG
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influence of the group on a child
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Since your ideas and links on how to promote respectful listening were so useful (any new idea still welcome though!) I now turn to you for help with a subject even less directly connected to teaching ESL.
For the general enrichment of our entire staff, we were asked to read up on group dynamics and the influence of a group on the individual child. If any of you by chance have come across an interesting article (lecture/video etc.) on the subject, I would be grateful if you could share.
The idea is to learn about how and how much a group influences an individual and how group dynamics influence a class. We limit ourselves to primary school age.
Any help in finding relevant articles would be greatly appreciated. |
25 Aug 2011
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MarionG
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Ellakass, the article on multilevel classrooms looks very interesting. It is a field I personally am very interested in, how to deal with a hetrogenous classroom. (since, as the article also states, it is one of the biggest problems in class) It is of course also related to group dynamics etc. but I need something more general on group dynamics, things like the need to belong, for peer approval, sensitivity to peer pressure, boy girl dynamics etc...and how all that affects the functioning of a kid in a class.... |
25 Aug 2011
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korodi4
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Hi Marion
I like the Resource Books for Teachers series of Oxford University Press where I mostly find solutions to my problems. I suggest you two books of this series:
Jill Hadfield: Classroom Dynamics
Drama and Improvisation |
25 Aug 2011
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anitarobi
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I tried googling various combinations of words, so perhaps they may help - Sorry I can �t be of more concrete help. Great choice of topic, Marion, as always... |
25 Aug 2011
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MarionG
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Thank you all so much. This is truly the best community of helpfull people around! I will look into all of the links. Plenty to read that �s for sure!
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25 Aug 2011
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