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The Use of Student‐Led Groups or Syndicates in French Literature Courses
Author(s) -
Evans Colin
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
british journal of educational technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.79
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1467-8535
pISSN - 0007-1013
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8535.1980.tb00406.x
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , heuristic , set (abstract data type) , mathematics education , atmosphere (unit) , core (optical fiber) , element (criminal law) , computer science , teaching method , pedagogy , sociology , multimedia , psychology , political science , artificial intelligence , telecommunications , law , physics , programming language , thermodynamics , paleontology , biology
I describe in this article my own development as a university teacher away from reproduction of the methods by which I was taught, from lecture performances in French, using the transmission model, to the heuristic model, using student‐led groups as the core element. I give a description of the mechanics of this method, insisting on the need for detailed planning, carefully designed and formulated tasks and a supportive atmosphere. Finally I look at objections to the method, list what I feel to be the advantages and set it in the context of teaching methods typical of civic universities on the one hand and of Oxbridge on the other.