Dr Nicholas Bowskill

1. Student-Generated Induction:
Pedagogy of Belonging
Re-Thinking Group-Work for Induction
Dr. Nicholas Bowskill
For SHU L&T Conference 2015

2. Challenges of Group-Work at Induction
for Students
• Ability to talk to others
• Will they understand me?
• Will I understand them?
• Is it going to be fair?
• It’s a waste of time!
• I’m assessed & evaluated individually so just
WHY?

3. Challenges of Group-Work at Induction
for Staff
• Time to plan, do & review group work
• Processes for group work
• Belief in group work
• Experience of group work
• Conception of group work
• Managing unpredictability of group work
• Sense of group work relative to individual
work

4. Challenges in Common
• Concept of Group Work
• Belief in Group Work

5. Groups & Influence
“I didn’t use that service because I didn’t think
any of the others in my year would.” (Student)

6. Groups as a psychological entity
(Tajfel, Turner etc.)
• Membership
– social groups to which we belong
• Social Norms
– perceptions/representations/accuracy
• Influence/Prejudice/Belonging
– Context-Sensitive

7. “From Methodological Individualism to
Methodological Relationalism” (Ho & Chiu 1998)
Physical Reality Psychological Reality

8. Basic Recipe for Induction
• Snowball Group Discussion Technique
• Plus classroom technology
• +/- online

9. Groups At the Group Level
for Induction

10. The Shared Journey of a Group in Physiotherapy
(Pedagogy/Support/Research)
Start Year 1 Start Year 2

11. Novice v Expert Groups on a Shared Journey
(Pedagogy/Support/Research)
Students &
Reflective Practice
Staff &
Reflective Practice

12. Pedagogy of Belonging:
As Reflective Organisation

13. Benefits of Group Work for Induction
& Beyond
• Employability Benefits
– Ability to work with others
– Ability to talk & listen to others
– Work in teams
– Empathy
• Wider Benefits
– Mental health & well-being
• resilience, a social anti-depressant (Haslam)
– Learning performance
• reflective practice, memory & language function etc.
– Socialisation
• discipline & institution

14. THANK YOU!
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