Making Group-work
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Welcome!
Do you ever find group-work at Bond difficult? Stressful?
This workshop aims to:
•help you understand yourself and the other members of groups
•teach you strategies to make yourself heard and make sure that your group gets your work done.
Three Parts:
1.Role Play
2.Discussion
3.Strategies
Discussion
Questions
1.When do we need to complete group tasks outside of uni?
2.Describe a positive and a negative group work experience.
3.What types of personalities can be found in groups? (e.g. “leaders”)
Why do your Professors make you do Group Work?
•It helps you learn how other people think.
•More students can make a bigger project.
•It helps you practise getting along with others.
•It is hands-on learning.
•It shows you what it’s like when you get a job.
Johnston, L., & Miles, L. (2004). Assessing contributions to group assignments. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 29(6), 751-768. Author Affiliation – University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Role Play
Instructions:
•Time – You have 15 minutes
•Assignment – You have just landed on a deserted island. It is almost dark. You must decide who is going to set up the tents, who is going to make the dinner, and who is going to watch the children. If you get tonight’s tasks settled, then talk about the long- term because you are going to be living here together for one year. Who will make the decisions? What are your rules? How will you stay safe and get along?
•Stay in your assigned roles.
Do not tell anyone your role and do not show your card.
•Remember that these roles have been randomly assigned. They do not describe how you usually act in groups, or how the others usually act in groups. Do not judge yourself or the other group members by the roles.
•On your card, there are suggested lines and questions. You can say these and/or others that fit your role. Work your questions and statements into the conversation.
Make sure that they fit. Do not just say your lines in order to say them.
Role Play Questions
•Do any of these roles remind you of people you have worked with in actual group- work?
•What type of person are you?
•Are people from your country generally like one specific animal?
•What are the problems when people act like these roles?
•What can you do when you are working with difficult people in group-work?
•What did you learn about yourself, and how you can improve how you work in a group, from doing this role-play?
Group Work Tips
•Get to know one another – learn names and use them.
•Decide rules and write them down.
•Decide who will do what, when, and write it down.
(use timelines)
•Review rules and roles.
•Be open and direct.
•Discuss what and how and how it is going.
•Have regular meetings.
•Do not leave the project until the end.
•Set short-term goals and look at the actual work.
•Take turns writing notes from each group meeting, then send an email outlining what you discussed.
•Write down important words.
•Closure