Developments in Collaborative Learning

Abstract

As part of the degree programmes of both the 4-year REd. (Hons) and the 2-year REd. (eDT) courses at Thames Polytechnic one of the projects which students have to participate in is a Social and Environmental one. Essentially its title is self-explanatory. Students participate in the identification and solution of an opportunity found in a social and environmental context and in doing so have to work as members of a group.

The project is intended to give a focus within which students are able to develop skills and understandings which are not only concerned with the manipulation of tools and machines but also in the very important area of human relationships.