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ProtocolsaremostpowerfulandeffectivewhenusedwithinanongoingprofessionallearningcommunitysuchasaCriticalFriendsGroup®andfacilitatedbyaskilledcoach.Tolearnmoreaboutprofessionallearningcommunitiesandseminarsforneworexperiencedcoaches,pleasevisittheNationalSchoolReformFacultywebsiteatwww.nsrfharmony.org.
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JigsawDescriptionAdaptedfromtheworkofSpencerKagan,ResourcesforTeachers,SanJuanCapistrano,CA.
ThepurposeofJigsawissharedlearning.Membersofagroupbecome“experts”inaparticularareaofamutualpursuitandsharetheirlearning/researchwiththeothergroupmembers.Itisalsousedwhenalotoflearningneedstohappeninashorttime.Chaptersofbookscanbesplitup,variousapproachestothesameoutcomecanberesearched,differentexperimentswiththesamematerialscanbeconducted,differentviewpointsonthesameissuecanbestudied,andtheresultsshared.Thisiseffectiveforstudentsoradults.Thereareseveralwaysthiscanhappen:
WithinTeamJigsawEachmemberofateam/groupworksindependentlytomasteraportionofatopicorskill.Wheneachteammemberhascompletedtheworkasplanned,theygatheratanagreedupontimetosharethenewknowledge.Oftenthereissomekindofsynthesisofthesharedknowledge.Example:Therearefourprotocolsforobservinginaclassroom.Eachpersoninagroupoffourreadsoneoftheobservationprotocolsandpresentsthatapproachtotheotherteammembers,withguidingquestionstoassistthesharedlearning,suchas“Whatkindoffeedbackisgeneratedbythisprotocol?”“Whatkindofobservationismostappropriateforthisprotocol?”“Whatisthevalueofthisprotocolintermsofstudentlearning;teacherpractice?”Thegroupcomparesandcontraststhefourprotocols.
TeamJigsawEachteambecomesan“expert”ononetopicorskill.Teammembersspreadouttosharetheirnewknowledgewiththerestoftheteams.Team#1spreadsoutandsendsamembertoeachoftheotherteamstoshare,thenTeam#2doesthesame.There’sabitofmathtodohereastherehavetobeenough“experts”tosharewithalltheotherteams,orteamshavetobecombinedtoshare“experts.”Twoteamscanresearchthesametopicandcheckwithoneanotherforcompletenessandagreementbeforethey“consult”withtheotherteams-thisprovidessomechecksandbalances.Synthesiscanbedoneasawholegrouporinteams.Example:Therearefourprotocolsforobservinginaclassroom.Theroomisdividedinto4teamsof3people,(or6people).Eachteamstudiesoneprotocol,talkingtogetherandplanningthebestwaytopresenttheprotocoltotheotherteams,usingtheguidingquestions.Eachteamtakesturnssendingits“experts”outtotheotherteams(aloneorasapair)tosharetheprotocoltheyhavestudied.Awholegroupsynthesisthatcomparesthefourapproaches.
ExpertGroupJigsawEachmemberofateamtakesonaportion/aspectofatopicorskill.Morethanonememberoftheteamwilltakeonthesameportion/aspectiftherearemoregroupmembersthanportions/aspects.Theteamsplitsupandeveryonegoestoan“expert”groupofallthepeoplefromalltheteamstakingonthesameportion/aspect.The“expert”groupmastersthetopic/skillordoestheresearchnecessary.The“expert”groupplansawaytopresenttheirlearninginthebestpossiblewayandpracticesthepresentationifnecessary.The“experts”allreturntotheirteamswheretheymakepresentationstotheirteammembers.Synthesisisdoneintheteams.Example:Therearefourprotocolsforobservinginaclassroom.Eachteamassignsitsmembersoneofthefourprotocols.Theteammembersbreakupandgowiththeappropriate“expert”grouptostudytheprotocol,discussittogetherforunderstanding,usingtheguidingquestions.Theyplanapresentation.The“experts”returntotheirteamandeachprotocolispresentedinturn.Theprotocolsarecomparedintheteams.