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ERIC Number: EJ418519
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-8756-7555
Collaborative Learning: Preparation for the Workplace and Democracy?
Beckman, Mary
College Teaching, v38 n4 p128-33 Fall 1990
Although collaborative learning has many advantages for today's students, it is not a panacea. The profession needs to examine its collaborative classrooms, teaching methods, and evaluation for unspoken rules and hidden control. Collaboration prepares students in the latest techniques of capitalism, not democracy. (MSE)
Descriptors: Capitalism, Classroom Environment, College Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Democratic Values, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Power Structure, Student Evaluation, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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