Activities of interaction and groupwork in primary school from the perspective of the textbooks
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to analyse how textbooks deal with activities which ask students of primary school for working in groups. The sample comprised 24 Social Science, Natural Science and Technology books written for primary school children (6-12 years old). After coding the information it follows a twofold methodological process, in order to offer a qualitative description of groupwork´ activities, as well as a quantitative assessment of the frequency with which they appear and their continuity in primary education.
The results indicate that prevail individual activities, although there are remarkable efforts for introducing groupwork in the textbooks. The underlying educational approach of each publishing firm determines what frequency, treatment and continuity have group-activities. Nevertheless, there are also common denominators, such as the rare presence of groupwork out of school. On the other hand, textbooks give priority to guidelines of tasks, specifying "what to do" but, on the contrary, almost never give guidelines about "how to do" or "how to behave".
Key words: Textbooks, citizenship, activities, participation, groupwork, guidelines
- Keywords:
- group work
- Textbooks
Citación recomendada | Recommended citation
López Atxurra, R., & de la Caba Collado, M. (2004) . Activities of interaction and groupwork in primary school from the perspective of the textbooks. Revista Española de Pedagogía, 62(227). https://www.revistadepedagogia.org/rep/vol62/iss227/9
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Palabras clave | Keywords
Textbooks, citizenship, activities, participation, groupwork, guidelines
