Abstract
The present contribution analyses how Spanish textbooks deal with activities requiring primary-school pupils to work in groups. The sample comprised 24 social science, natural science and technology textbooks written for primary-school children (6–12 years old). Having coded the information, the authors followed a two-fold methodology geared towards producing a qualitative description of group-work activities as well as a quantitative assessment of the frequency with which these appear, including their continuity. The results indicate that individual activities tend to prevail, although there has been a concerted effort recently to introduce more group-work into textbooks. The underlying educational approach of each publisher determines the frequency, treatment and continuity of group activities. Nonetheless, there is also a perceptible general tendency to reduce those activities aimed at fostering active skills of decision-making and creativity.
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