A method of 3-tier group-study in higher vocational education

Author

Yifang, Zhang ; Xianle, Zhang

Author_Institution

Comput. Eng. Dept., Zhejiang Inst. of Mech. & Electr. Eng., Hangzhou, China

fYear

2012

fDate

14-17 July 2012

Firstpage

1810

Lastpage

1813

Abstract

This paper brings forward a new teaching method of 3-tier group-study in higher vocational education which has been proved effectively and attractively in course teaching in computer department. Students in one class are separated into some groups. In each group, there is a captain whose role is not only a student, but also an assistant whose duty is to help members in learning and evaluate them for teacher. Teacher, captain and member construct a three-tier study-group. The teacher is the mentor of the captains and the captain becomes the mentor of his group. On the other hand, members´ feedback urges on the teacher works well. By the mode of 3-tier group-study, knowledge is passed tier by tier. It has been proved a virtuous circle in higher vocational education.

Keywords

computer science education; educational courses; further education; teaching; 3-tier group study; captain mentor; computer department; course teaching; group member learning help; higher vocational education; member feedback; student evaluation; teachers; Art; Computers; Educational institutions; Employee welfare; Engineering education; Laboratories; 3-tier; education reform; group-study; higher vocational education; mentoring;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Science & Education (ICCSE), 2012 7th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Melbourne, VIC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0241-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCSE.2012.6295421

Filename

6295421