"For most of us Africans, we don't just speak": A qualitative investigation into collaborative heterogeneous PBL group learning

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 297-310

  Singaram, Veena S ^a   van der Vleuten, Cees P M ^b   Stevens, Fred ^b   Dolmans, Diana H J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Diversity; Mixed groups; PBL; Small group learning

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL CLASS; TEACHING;

AFRICA; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL CLASS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 79960457007     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-010-9262-3     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Carlo, M. D., Swadi, H., & Mpofu, D. (2003). Medical student perceptions of factors affecting productivity of problem-based learning tutorial groups: Does culture influence the outcome? Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 15(1), 59-64.
2. Cohen, E. G. (1994). Restructuring the classroom: Conditions for productive small groups. Review of Educational Research, 64(1), 1-35.
3. Cox, T. H., Lobel, S. A., & McLeod, P. L. (1991). Effects of ethnic group cultural differences on cooperative and competitive behavior on a group task. The Academy of Management Journal, 3(4), 827-847.
4. Dolmans, D. H. J. M., de Grave, W., Wolfhagen, I. H. A. P., & van der Vleuten, C. P. M. (2005). Problem-based learning: Future challenges for educational practice and research. Medical Education, 39, 732-741.
5. Dolmans, D. H. J. M., & Schmidt, H. G. (2006). What do we know about cognitive and motivational effects of small group tutorials in problem-based learning? Advances in Health Sciences Education, 11, 321-336.
6. Dolmans, D. H. J. M., Wolfhagen, H. A. P., & van Der Vleuten, C. P. M. (1998). Motivational and cognitive processes influencing tutorial groups. Academic Medicine, 73, S2-S22.
7. Dornyei, Z. (1997). Psychological processes in cooperative learning: Group dynamics and motivation. The Modern Language Journal, 81(IV), 482-493.
8. Engelbrecht, C., Knosi, Z., Wentzel, D., & Govender, S. (2008). Nursing students' use of language in communicating with isiZulu speaking clients in clinical settings in KwaZulu-Natal. South African Journal of African Language, 2, 145-155.
9. Gill, E., Tuck, A., Lee, D. W., & Beckert, L. (2004). Multicultural task group tutorial dynamics and participation in small groups: a student perspective in a multicultural settings. New Zealand Medical Journal, 117, U1140.
10. Gwee, M. C. (2008). Globalization of problem-based learning (PBL): Cross-cultural Implications. The Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 24(3), S14-S22.
11. Hendry, G. H., Ryan, G., & Harris, J. (2003). Group problems in problem-based learning. Medical Teacher, 25, 609-616.
12. Jippes, M., & Majoor, G. D. (2008). Influence of national culture on the adoption of integrated and problem-based curricula in Europe. Medical Education, 42, 279-285.
13. Kitzinger, J. (1995). Introducing focus groups. British Medical Journal, 311, 299-302.
14. Mercer, N. (1996). The quality of talk in children's collaborative activity in the classroom. Learning and Instruction, 6(4), 359-371.
15. Milliken, F. J., & Martins, L. L. (1996). Searching for common threads: Understanding the multiple effects of diversity in organizational groups. The Academy of Management, 21(2), 402-433.
16. Report of the Ministerial Committee on Transformation and Social Cohesion and the Elimination of Discrimination in Public Higher Education Institutions. 30 November 2008. FINAL REPORT. Retrieved February, 2010 from http://www. ukzn. ac. za.
17. Schmidt, H. G. (1993). Foundations of problem-based learning: Some explanatory notes. Medical Education, 27, 422-432.
18. Singaram, V. S., Dolmans, D. H., Lachman, N. & van der Vleuten C. P. (2008). Perceptions of problem-based learning (PBL) group effectiveness in a socially-culturally diverse medical student population. Education for Health, 21(2), 116.
19. Singaram, V. S., van Der Vleuten, C. P. M., van Berkel, H., & Dolmans, D. H. J. M. (2010). Reliability and validity of a tutorial group effectiveness instrument. Medical Teacher, 33(2), e133-e137(1).
20. Slavin, R. E. (1996). Research on cooperative learning and achievement: What we know, what we need to know. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 21, 43-69.
21. Springer, L., Stanne, M. E., & Donovan, S. S. (1999). Effects of small-group learning on undergraduates in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology: A meta-analysis. Review of Educational Research, 69(1), 21-31.
22. Strauss, A. L. (1987). Qualitative analysis for social scientists. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
23. Strauss, A. L., & Corbin, J. (1998). Basics of qualitative research techniques and procedures for developing theory. USA: Sage.
24. Sweeney, A., Weaven, S., & Herington, C. (2008). Multicultural influences on group learning: A qualitative higher education study. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 33(2), 119-132.
25. Tavakol, M., Dennick, R., & Tavakol, S. (2009). A descriptive study of medical educator's view of problem-based learning. Medical Education, 4(9), 66.
26. Watson, W. E., Kumar, K., & Michaelsen, L. K. (1993). Cultural diversity's impact on interaction process and performance: Comparing homogeneous and diverse task groups. Academy of Management Journal, 36(3), 590.
27. Wright, S., & Lander, D. (2003). Collaborative group interactions of students from two ethnic backgrounds. Higher Education Research and Development, 22(3), 237-252.