Children's Interactions in Ability-Based Groups in a Primary Classroom

Autor/inn/en	Ambreen, Samyia; Conteh, Jean
Titel	Children's Interactions in Ability-Based Groups in a Primary Classroom
Quelle	In: European Educational Researcher, 4 (2021) 1, S.85-107 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2517-6323
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Ability Grouping; Interaction; Elementary School Students; Cooperative Learning; Student Attitudes; Peer Relationship; Group Dynamics; Gender Bias; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Homogene Gruppierung; Niveaugruppierung; Streaming; Interaktion; Kooperatives Lernen; Schülerverhalten; Peer-Beziehungen; Gruppendynamik; Geschlechterstereotyp
Abstract	The article reports data from an aspect of the study which aimed to study the nature of children's interactions and their perceptions of ability-based groups in a primary classroom in England. Previous studies on ability-based group have mainly used quantitative research designs to study children's interactions and appeared to award less opportunities to children to talk about their experiences of working in ability-based groups. This study has used qualitative ethnographic research design to study children's interactions and their perceptions of working in ability-based groups. Children's interactions were studied using participant observations and debriefing activities were used to elicit children's perspectives on their recorded interactions. Furthermore, informal conversational interviews were also used to hear children's perspectives on their experiences of working in ability-based groups. The article only focuses on data related to children's interactions, which revealed that children appeared to be cooperative, non-cooperative and competitive towards their peers in ability-based groups. We noted that children interpreted the group structure and learning task distinctively when deciding whether or not to work with others in groups. In some cases, children exhibited gender-biased attitudes while interacting with their peers. Children showed cooperative attitudes towards same-sex peers and non-cooperative attitudes towards other-sex peers. The findings highlight the importance of fully understanding children's contexts and their dynamic influences on children's interactions during their routinely organised ability-based group work. These also highlight the importance of listening to children's perspectives while studying their interactions in ability groups in the mainstream primary classrooms. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	European Educational Researcher. University of Seville Faculty of Education, Department of Teaching and Educational Organization, Pirotecnia 41013 Seville, Spain. Tel: +34-955-420590; Fax: +34-954-554306; e-mail: editor@eu-er.com; Web site: https://eu-er.com/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01