Written to guide students through complex groupwork situations, this book explores the knowledge, skills and values required for groupwork practice.

Karin Crawford is a Principal Teaching Fellow in the School of Health and Social Care and Director of Teaching and Learning for the Faculty of Health, Life and Social Sciences at the University of Lincoln.

Groupwork in context
Introducing groupwork
The context of groupwork
Understanding groupwork
Groupwork practice
Planning and preparation
Setting up and starting out
Facilitating - methods and techniques
Closure and endings - what next?
Enhancing groupwork practice