Susan Cain Quote
The New Groupthink is also practiced in our schools, via an increasingly popular method of instruction called cooperative or small group learning. In many elementary schools, the traditional rows of seats facing the teacher have been replaced with pods of four or more desks pushed together to facilitate countless group learning activities. Even subjects like math and creative writing, which would seem to depend on solo flights of thought, are often taught as group projects. In one fourth-grade classroom I visited, a big sign announced the Rules for Group Work, including, YOU CAN’T ASK A TEACHER FOR HELP UNLESS EVERYONE IN YOUR GROUP HAS THE SAME QUESTION.
Susan Cain
The New Groupthink is also practiced in our schools, via an increasingly popular method of instruction called cooperative or small group learning. In many elementary schools, the traditional rows of seats facing the teacher have been replaced with pods of four or more desks pushed together to facilitate countless group learning activities. Even subjects like math and creative writing, which would seem to depend on solo flights of thought, are often taught as group projects. In one fourth-grade classroom I visited, a big sign announced the Rules for Group Work, including, YOU CAN’T ASK A TEACHER FOR HELP UNLESS EVERYONE IN YOUR GROUP HAS THE SAME QUESTION.