Non-Participation: Doing Your Bit

Students often complain that the biggest problem they have with group work is when one member lets the others down. It might be someone who never attends any planning meetings but still expects to receive a mark; someone who says they will do something but then doesn’t deliver, or students who turn up but sit quietly and don’t contribute any ideas or offer to help.

Listen to the audio commentary by Professor Peter Hartley in the analysis of Episode 9 of the main resource. He makes some suggestions about what to do in these situations.