Groupwork

In Didactics Groupwork means participants are working together in groups (often 3 to 6) for a limited period. Within their group they collaborate to solve problems or tasks. 

Advantages:

• Social interaction (in best case with partners from different cultures)
• Interculturality can be experienced
• Partners can motivate and help each other

Disadvantages:

• often requires more time than Individual Working or Frontal Teaching
• requires discipline from students

Other Social-forms are:

• Frontal
• Groupwork
• Individual work