Effective Peer Learning: From Principles to Practical Implementation - Hardcover

Topping, Keith; Buchs, Céline; Duran, David; Van Keer, Hilde

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1138906484 ISBN 13: 9781138906488

Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

Peer learning allows a positive use of differences between pupils, turning them into learning opportunities. Yet education professionals often remain unfamiliar with the principles necessary to guarantee its effectiveness.

The aim of this book is to help practitioners establish well-structured and effective peer learning projects using a variety of methods. It introduces and defines cooperative learning (mutual peer interaction) and peer tutoring (directional peer interaction) – outlining...

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About the Author

Keith Topping, School of Education, University of Dundee, UK.

Céline Buchs, University of Geneva, Switzerland.

David Duran, Department of Psychology of Education, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.

Hilde van Keer, Department of Educational Studies, Ghent University, Belgium.

Review

A guide that aims to help practitioners establish well-structured and effective peer learning projects using a variety of methods...Highly recommended for a wide variety of audiences: from those educational professionals who want to start using cooperative learning at any educational stage, to those who already use it and want to improve their practices, and even for those who are not convinced about is application in the classroom yet. -...

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Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1138906484
• ISBN 13: 9781138906488
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192