: Small-Group Cultures . Tom McFeat.

Suitable Starting of a Small Teaching Group

  Using small groups in teaching and learning has a long history. Evidence suggests that by applying some defined guidelines, it would be possible to reinforce the effectiveness of the small groups teaching. One of these guidelines is related to ice-breaker activities which would be applied by the facilitators at the start of the session, which are noticeably significant. The aim of the presen...

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Tom George lias an odd kind of picture gallery. All the houses in his street have lean-to pantries, with tiny windows, the upper half glass, the lower latticed wood. It is traditional to keep the family egg-cups on the ledge formed by the wooden bottom of the glass section. Every variety of egg-cup is here displayed?white, red, and blue china, and metal. Occasionally other small, gay articles a...

Small group discussion for medical students to learning embryology

Background: One of the most important issues is the best method to teach embryology course to medical students. Small group discussion (SGD) were used to working together, integral to learningdeveloping intellectual skills and interactive learning experience. Methods: The 72 medical students were equally randomizedto the SGD (group I) and usual lecture based teaching (LBT), (group II) in genera...

The Environment and Seating Arrangement of a Small Teaching Group

Small groups which form for teaching and learning process would have substantial outcomes if manage properly. Evidence suggests that environment and seating arrangement of the learners would have considerable impacts on the success of a facilitator to properly use from the dynamics of the group. The aim of the present article is therefore to discuss the appropriate environment and seating arran...