This week’s topics
Mitigating Barriers to Individual Participation
- Addressing social loafing and groupthink
- Managing participation anxiety and introversion
- Targeted scaffolding for diverse abilities
- Inclusive communication adaptations
- Reducing Public Speaking Anxiety: The Communication Orientation
- Communication and Inclusive Culture
What you will be able to do
- 1.2 Evaluate strategies to manage group dynamics.
- 1.4 Explain how to manage barriers to individual learning in groups.
Activity
Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: evaluate strategies to manage group dynamics.
Study materials
Videos
- Reducing Public Speaking Anxiety: The Communication Orientation · YouTube · UC Davis · 57 min · for registered students
- Communication and Inclusive Culture · YouTube · Chartered Management Institute · 31 min · for registered students
- 4 Ways to Make Classroom Participation More Inclusive · YouTube · Edutopia · 3 min · for registered students
Further resources
- Principles of Social Psychology, ch. 11: Working Groups: Performance and Decision Making · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 547–610 · for registered students
- Educational Learning Theories, 3rd ed., ch. 4: Sociocultural Theory · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; pp. 79–99 · for registered students
- Organizational Behavior, ch. 9: Managing Groups and Teams · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 357–402 · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
