The GPM seeks to identify how through facilitating common ground in a managed fashion, that group development could be nurtured and developed. There were sufficient
opportunities for groups to take advantage of one-to-one sessions with Tutors in which to address concerns and issues they had encountered in respect of the case studies. Issues that groups had encountered were addressed and in the context of the GPM, were identified as elements of the group dynamics inherent in groups’ functioning in addressing joint tasks. The model seeks to identify how a structured introduction to this style of learning, with common ground facilitated in a safe learning environment, can be a firm foundation to enabling positive group development.