Learning in Social and Group Context
Course code
KAN6087.HR
old course code
Course title in Estonian
Õppimine sotsiaalses perspektiivis ja grupi kontekstis
Course title in English
Learning in Social and Group Context
ECTS credits
6.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
To create prerequisites for understanding and implementing (intervening in) social learning, and understanding the opportunities of adult learners and adult learning in groups, to support the impact of group possibilities on individual learning.
Brief description of the course
Social learning - the meaning of the social context in learning. Socialisation and learning. Questions of power in learning, and dialogue. Discourse, roles, identity, subjectness, and learning. Observation as a tool for analysing social learning. Means of intervention.
The group, and learning in a group. The study group and its formation. Group processes, the formation and development stages of group processes in different stages of training. Group cohesiveness. Analysis of group processes. Roles in a group and division of roles. Instructing the group. Social impact, relationships and communication in a group. Relationship between students and a group. Nature and overcoming of individual and group conflict. Resistance, individual conflict and its expression in a training group.
The group, and learning in a group. The study group and its formation. Group processes, the formation and development stages of group processes in different stages of training. Group cohesiveness. Analysis of group processes. Roles in a group and division of roles. Instructing the group. Social impact, relationships and communication in a group. Relationship between students and a group. Nature and overcoming of individual and group conflict. Resistance, individual conflict and its expression in a training group.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- notices, conceptualises and analyses learning from the social aspect;
- understands and hypothesises on the problems of social learning;
- carries out an observation in order to understand social learning;
- plans and carries out an intervention project related to social learning;
- understands the nature and connections between learning individually and in a group;
- is able to analyse themselves as a member of the group and as the student part of a group.
- notices, conceptualises and analyses learning from the social aspect;
- understands and hypothesises on the problems of social learning;
- carries out an observation in order to understand social learning;
- plans and carries out an intervention project related to social learning;
- understands the nature and connections between learning individually and in a group;
- is able to analyse themselves as a member of the group and as the student part of a group.
Teacher
Katrin Karu, PhD; Halliki Põlda, PhD
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