group work


nounSociology.
  1. a method, used by professional social workers, of aiding a group or members of a group toward individual adjustment and increased participation in community activity by exploiting the mechanisms of group life.

Origin of group work

1
First recorded in 1940–45

Words Nearby group work

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How to use group work in a sentence

  • The group work at the square tables is now especially beautiful, both when forms of symmetry or object forms are constructed.

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  • It is well to have some group work, so that the pupils may learn to beat larger quantities.

  • And have you pursued, really pursued your interests in group work ever since?

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