George Jardine

For another person, see George Jardine (rugby league).

Rev George Jardine FRSE (1742 – January 28, 1827) was a Scottish minister of religion, philosopher, academic and educator. He was Professor at the University of Glasgow, of Greek from 1774, and then Professor of Logic and Rhetoric 1787 to 1824.[1] He was a co-founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1783 and co-founder of Glasgow Royal Infirmary in 1792.

At the University of Glasgow he was a pioneer of collaborative learning;[2] he wrote up his method in a book.[3][4] He designed a peer review method with rules to be followed by peer editors, whom he labeled “examinators.” By participating in collaborative learning settings, Jardine thought, students develop interpersonal traits and skills “indispensable at once to the cultivation of science, and to the business of active life.”[5]

  1. ^ "Memoirs and portraits of one hundred Glasgow men: 96. William Towers-Clark". gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk.
  2. ^ Lynée Lewis Gaillet, A Foreshadowing of Modern Theories and Practices of Collaborative Learning: The Work of Scottish Rhetorician George Jardine. (1992)(PDF). See also the same author's A Genesis of Writing Program Administration: George Jardine at the University of Glasgow in Historical Studies of Writing Program Administration: Individuals, Communities, and the Formation of a Discipline (2004) editors Barbara L'Eplattenier and Lisa Mastrangelo, ISBN 1-932559-22-1, ISBN 1-932559-23-X, ISBN 1-932559-24-8.
  3. ^ Outlines of Philosophical Education, illustrated by the Method of Teaching the Logic Class in the University of Glasgow; see for example "The James Begg Society". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 14 June 2007.
  4. ^ "Carisse Mickey Berryhill's A Descriptive Guide to Eight Early Alexander Campbell Manuscripts: Introduction". webfiles.acu.edu.
  5. ^ Mary Beth Lakin (10 August 2007). "Social Presence: The Secret Behind Online Collaboration". acenet.edu. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011.