Earlier today I received this email from a fantastic high school teacher regarding the challenges of group work in her class:
Before I respond to this young lady, I wondered what your educational philosophy on this sort of issue might be. I’m tempted to let them find their own solutions to this open-ended problem of planning and filming the Brave New World propaganda project commercial but if her group members are being that unhelpful and from what I can see, they are… then it really isn’t fair to her to be stuck in the middle between my high expectations and her group members’ lack of effort. Continue reading