English for Academic Purposes Assignment
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English for Academic Purposes Assignment
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Running head: ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSEEnglish for academic purposeName of the Student:Name of the University:Author Note:
2ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSEHow can peer-to-peer learning promote student independence, and how can students best utilizethe experience of their fellow students?’Introduction:Peer learning is regarded as a differentiated education strategy-encompassing sweep ofactivities. It involves the sharing of ideas, experiences and knowledge among participants and itis way that helps in moving from independent to mutual learning. Practices of peer learning areoften introduced in ad hoc way; however, it is yet to realize the potential of such type of learning.Peer learning can be formalized and in formalized that has its own benefits and drawbacks. Thistype of learning is considered as instrumental strategy for advanced students. In manyUniversities in Australia, peer learning is a well-established practice that helps students inlearning and gaining knowledge in both formal and informal ways (Abeysekera & Dawson,2015). Discussion:Some of the facts that are gaining importance in Universities are issues of facultymember development, professional accountability and enhancing the quality of higher educationand concerning this, the concept of peer learning has evolved. Peer learning is a strategy thathelps in enhancing personal control over practices of teaching by making improvement inpersonal development among members of faculty. Feasibility of peer-to-peer learning can bedetermined by five themes such as benefits of such learning to teachers and students, barriers tosuch learning, literature gap, opportunities and existing potential problems to teaching. It isindicated by the students of that model employed in such practice enables them to practice skills
3ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSEthat would be useful in their future profession such as reflection communication, cooperation andindependence. Different types of peer learnings:Collaborative group learning- This type of learning occurs in large group in peer topeer that involves students working in pairs or small groups with the purpose of discussingconcepts or finding solution to any given problem. Variety of forms are involved in such types oflearning such as active learning or quick learning. Collaborative learning comes with severalbenefit such as promotion of interaction among students and faculty, development of higher-level thinking and leadership skills, increase and enhancing the understanding of particularsubjects from diverse perspectives. Increasing self-esteem, responsibility and retention ofstudents is another benefit of such type of learning (Johnson et al., 2014). In order to ensure andfacilitate communication and collaboration among group members, this type of learning makeuse of both resources and goal interdependence. Dynamic group learning- The learning environment provided by dynamic group helpshas a high likelihood of being succeed. This exhibit-varied independence among the participantswith which of them in the group is striving for achieving common goals (Iier.org.au, 2017). Formal group learning-In formal learning, students work in groups as asked orinstructed by instructor for completing any particular assignment.Learning activities of group aredefined and assigned to students to instructor and there is formation of heterogeneous group.Role of instructor is crucial in this type of learning as they are actively involved in monitoringand evaluating the performance of group (Gelbar et al., 2014). For the identificationimprovement of group, instructors ate encouraged to make reflection of participants interaction.
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