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Level 6 Diploma in Teaching and Learning

Fundamentals of Group Dynamics and Learning Environments

TL603 · Management of Class Dynamics — Week 1 of 16

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This week’s topics

Fundamentals of Group Dynamics and Learning Environments

  1. Psychosocial learning climate
  2. Tuckman's model of group development
  3. Spatial and online environmental factors
  4. Establishing norms and expectations
  5. Lecture 36: Group Dynamics
  6. Understanding Group Dynamics
  7. Tuckman's Group Development Theory

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Analyse the characteristics of group environments that facilitate learning and development.
  • 2.1 Examine the impact of class dynamics on learning.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: analyse the characteristics of group environments that facilitate learning and development.

Study materials

Videos

  • Understanding Group Dynamics · YouTube · St. Thomas Aquinas College · 11 min · for registered students
  • Tuckman's Group Development Theory · YouTube · Galton College · 10 min · for registered students
  • Team Leadership and the Tuckman Group Development Stages · YouTube · Management Courses - Mike Clayton · 8 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Organizational Behavior, ch. 9: Managing Groups and Teams · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 357–402 · for registered students
  • Educational Learning Theories, 3rd ed., ch. 4: Sociocultural Theory · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; pp. 79–99 · for registered students
  • Principles of Management, ch. 13: Managing Groups and Teams · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 496–530 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Fundamentals of Group Dynamics and Learning Environments
  • Week 2: Cooperative Learning and Interpersonal Collaboration
  • Week 3: Learner Agency and Self-Regulated Group Work
  • Week 4: Motivational Frameworks for Group Engagement
  • Week 5: Mitigating Barriers to Individual Participation
  • Week 6: Behaviour Management and Conflict Resolution
  • Week 7: Equality, Diversity, and Inclusive Group Practice
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Health, Safety, and Psychological Wellbeing
  • Week 10: Confidentiality, Record Keeping, and Statutory Compliance
  • Week 11: Assessing and Evaluating Classroom Dynamics
  • Week 12: Applying Management of Class Dynamics in practice: case stu…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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