cooperative learning

Question 1

which learning strategies can be applied?

Answer 1

jigsaw learning, think, pair, share, learning teams

Question 2

5 key elements of the cooperative model

Answer 2

-positive interdependence
-individual accountability
-face-to-face interaction
-interpersonal and small group skills
-group processing

Question 3

cooperative learning involves

Answer 3

-working together on a clearly assigned task with selection based on diversity and complementarity

Question 4

benefits of CL

Answer 4

-encourages teamwork
-enhances development, interaction and task mastery w/in social, cultural and affective domains DYSON & CASEY, 2012
-promotes social learning

Question 5

negatives of CL

Answer 5

some might not want to contribute

Question 6

4 drivers of the curriculum

Answer 6

situational
professional
material
external

Question 7

description of each driver

Answer 7

situational - demographic, historical, cultural factors that influence curriculum thinking and practice
prof = teacher training, teacher confidence affects delivery
mat = time, facilities, allotment
ex. = SATS/literacy testing marginalises PE

Question 8

holisitic learning definition

Answer 8

shifted and contested but encompasses these aims:
-physical/psychomotor
-cognitive
-affective
-social/socio-moral

Question 9

social/socio-moral aims

Answer 9

-need to be actively taught
-justice, fairplay, respect
-teachers unsure how to implement (Wright et al 2020)
-should use socialising agents
-remains underdeveloped (jacobs, wright, 2014)

Question 10

affective aims

Answer 10

-our emotional response
-hard to assess - personal + meaningful
-Kirk et al - social constructivism learning w/ and through others

Question 11

3 competing agendas in PE

Answer 11

sport, health, education

Question 12

sport agenda

Answer 12

-focused on performance outcomes
-marginalises social, communication and problem solving skills
-dominated by ‘sporting model’ Capel 2007

Question 13

health agenda

Answer 13

-public health discourse - childhood obesity
-health reduced to measurable outcomes :(

Question 14

education agenda

Answer 14

-PE lacking the education side
-second class subject Griggs 2007

Question 15

3 reasons why traditional PE approaches have been criticised?

Answer 15

1 - one size fits all approach (exclusionary)
2 - ineffective at enhancing pupils’ knowledge, skills and understanding
3 - disconnects learning from wider movement cultures

Question 16

how can we promote learning across domains?

Answer 16

HQPE
High Quality PE

Question 17

what is important when promoting learning across domains?

Answer 17

-sequencing content
-effects of exercise on the body
-principles of movement
-how gender, race, class etc influences participation
-what motivates us to participate

Question 18

identify 3 things a learning outcome should have … and examples

Answer 18

verb, context, quality
psychomotor, affective, cognitive, social

Question 19

which discourses shape PE in England?

Answer 19

-sport and performance dominate
-evidence of health discourse, arguably this is just recontextualised through performance and sport

Question 20

when planning for learning, learning should be (p&s)

Answer 20

progressive & sequential