Collaborative Learning Project
Project Director: Stuart Scott, 17 Barford Street, Islington, LONDON N1 OQB
Telephone +44 (0) 20 7226 8885
Fax available on phone request.
The project started in 1983. It was funded and supported by the Inner London Education Authority, and was part of the teacher action research that led to the Oracy Project and the Language in the Curriculum Project. It is a teacher network which anyone is welcome to join. Activities to promote talk take time to make, but by sharing them, we hope to inspire others to work in a similar way.
We wanted to provide interesting ways for children to learn in classes, where many different languages were spoken, and where children were learning English while learning.
Our aim is to provide examples of group talk activities that will benefit all children, while at the same time provide scaffolding for learning English. Collaborative activities are vital for children learning English, but at the same time other learners benefit in many ways. Children new to English need exposure to visually stimulating collaborative talk activities in short sessions throughout their learning.
Many teachers are now using the strategies for creating classrooms where first languages could be used in a similar way to support learning. We are now beginning to include these materials.
The activities we make available can be used as they are or they can be adapted to fit into your planning. We also strongly hope they become templates for your own activities. Please don't just look at the activities available for your year group. All the activities can be easily adapted to any age group. When you have developed your own versions we hope you will share them; by either sending them to us or sending us a link.
For a more detailed analysis of collaborative learning please go to our questions and answers page.
Lists of free downloadable collaborative learning activities available on the site . They cover all curriculum areas and all key stages including foundation (early years). Can we encourage you to join our network of teachers who are posting activities on this and linked sites. You can find lists of activities (storyprops and games for infants and early years) that we can't currently make available online here and which are available by post.
Last updated 7th August 2007.
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