‘Learning with others enables us to learn more than studying alone’ Collaborative learning involves different perspectives and allows individuals to push each other to different limits in order to gain their full potential. Making it an essential way of learning which enables students to learn more together rather than alone. During the semester each student was placed in a de-briefing group in which we were then posed with a presentation. Learning together enabled us to create an informative and successful presentation; it was through our different perceptions. ( Grieller and Georke 2010) discuss the multi- step process in order to gain a great learning experience. They emphasise the importance of listening, feedback, small talk and negotiation all in which these interpersonal skills create a solid learning environment when working together rather than alone. ‘The most important factor that makes you a good (or not-so-good) listener in a small group is your body language or nonverbal language - your posture, gestures, eye contact with the speaker and facial expressions. ’ Although working together enables us to learn more than studying alone there are certain respects you need to show to your fellow team members in order to gain a great learning experience that will allow you to learn to your full potential. When engaging with my fellow team members learning together was gained through mutual respect for each other’s understanding and perceptions this was through negotiation. (Grieller and Georke 2010) suggest “that some kind of transaction or bargaining takes place, and that the two or more people involved are equally powerful, or at least have something to offer each other. We do not use the term negotiation for a situation in which one person has power over the other.” When working together negotiation was vital in order to gain a successful learning outcome, although our opinions would sometimes clash we would have to treat everyone with individual respect. According to (Adetoro, 2015) a re- search study was conducted in Nigeria it was found that the most popular cooperative learning strategies that have been found to have promoted greater achievement among students are Learning Together and constructive controversy. According to Johnson, Johnson and Stanne (2000), LT actually produced the highest effect size of between 0.82. It was therefore recommended that cooperative learning strategies (especially learning together and constructive controversy) should always be combined with the conventional method for teaching peace education aspect of social studies”. Once again emphasising that learning with others allows us to learn more than studying alone. European Researcher, 2015,Vol.(93), Is. 4Copyright © 2015 by Academic Publishing House Researcher Published in the Russian FederationEuropean Researcher Has been issued since 2010. ISSN 2219-8229E-ISSN 2224-0136 Vol. 93, Is. 4, pp. 325-330,2015 DOI: 10.13187/er.2015.93.325 www.erjournal.ruUDC 37 Effects of Learning Together, Constructive Controversy in Students' Acquisition of Knowledge and Skills in Peace Education Aspect of Social Studies Rasheed Adenrele Adetoro