3. TABLE OF CONTENT
• Group and stages of group formation
• Factors affecting group decisions
• Characteristics of an affective group
• Benefits of group work
• Stages in group work
• Mutual Learning
• Learning environment and learning process
• Developing learning and earning environment through group
4. GROUP AND STAGES OF GROUP FORMATION
• Group
A number of people or things that are located, gathered, or classed together.
• Stages of Group Formation
A group passes through five lifecycle stages:
1. Forming
2. Storming
3. Norming
4. Performing
5. Adjourning
5. FACTORS AFFECTING GROUP DECISIONS
• The size of groups
• Communication ways
• Leadership styles
• Skills used in groups
6. CHARACTERISTICS OF AN EFFECTIVE GROUP
• High commitment to achieving goals
• Clear understanding of the group’s work
• Open communication and trust
• Ideas sharing and generating
• Constructive criticism and suggestions
7. BENEFITS OF GROUP WORK
• Increased productivity and performance
• Skills development
• Knowing about yourself
8. STAGES IN GROUP WORK
To ensure a successful group outcome, you’ll find it helpfull to divide your activities into a series of
stages:
• Familiarization
• Planning and Preparation
• Implementation
• Completion
9. MUTUAL LEARNING
• Mutual to describe something such as an interest which two or more people share.
• Mutual learning is a method of human interaction that maximizes learning and is often used to solve
problems with open discussions.
Mutual learning effective for...
It is useful in every single situation where there’s potential conflict. We use it in every interaction and
new opportunity. By using it, we better understand what others need from us, they better understand what
we need from them and we all have better access to the information we need to come up with an optimal
decision.
10. LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND LEARNING PROCESS
Learning Environment
Learning environment refers to the whole range of components and activities within which learning
happens.
Learning Process in different steps
• Perception Learning
• Conceptual learning
• Association Learning
• Appreciation Learning
• Attitudinal Learning
11. DEVELOPING LEARNING AND EARNING ENVIRONMENT THROUGH
GROUP
When they work in groups they have no interest in doing quality work. There’s research and analysis of
group learning now reported in virtually every discipline.
Here are five things students can learn in groups, all well-established by a wide range of empirical analyses.
1. They can learn content, as in master the material.
2. They can learn how groups function productively.
3. They can learn content at those deeper levels we equate with understanding.
4. They can learn why groups make better decisions than individuals.
5. They can learn how to work with others.