Group work and Collaboration
What does collaboration mean?
A. Working alone in a team
B. Working together and sharing ideas to reach a shared goal
C. Not sharing the responsibilities
D. None of the above
B. Working together and sharing ideas to reach a shared goal
What are character traits?
A. a word that tells us what kind of person someone is on the inside.
B. the description of a fictional character
C. A fictional character that resembles a real person
D. Words that tell you what a person looks like
A. a word that tells us what kind of person someone is on the inside.
What are some common roles you have in a group?
Leader
Researcher
Recorder
Material manager
Presenter or speaker
Helper
What food item was used to help remember how to give good feedback?
A. donut
B. pizza
C. Noodles
D. Hamburger
D. Hamburger
What is perspective taking?
A. Convincing someone you are right and they are wrong.
B. Trying to understand the situation from another person’s point of view.
C. Looking at the world standing upside down
D. Analyzing pictures
B. Trying to understand the situation from another person’s point of view.
True of False: When working in a group you should...
Share roles and responsibilities among group members. (Provide clear directions for every group member, accept responsibility as individuals and as a group.)
TRUE
List 3 character traits.
1. Caring
2. Respectful
3. Cooperative
4. Hard-working
5. Lazy
How can you decide your role in a group?
Assigned by teacher
Volunteer for a role
Offered a role by a peer
Negotiate with a peer
Consider what role you had last time
What are the 3 parts of the hamburger when giving feedback?
Top bun: Positive feedback
Meat and toppings: Constructive feedback
Bottom bun: What they can do for next time
Why is perspective taking important?
To identify different ways of solving a problem
Other perspectives can bring a simpler solution
Simpler solutions can save time
To reduce conflicts
To advocate for your opinion
To achieve the group’s goal
List 3 benefits of working in a group.
1. Boosts Your confidence
2. Develops active listening
3. Increases productivity
4. Build conflict resolution skills
5. Let's you show your skills
6. Promotes organization
7. Creates a space to socialize
What kind of character traits would a person have that is difficult to work with in a group.
Lazy, rude, uncooperative, impatient, irresponsible, uninterested
What is self-advocacy?
Self-advocacy means respectfully speaking up for yourself and,whenever necessary, ensuring that your needs are met.
What type of criticism is this?
"You’re such a lazy person.
Why are you even here? "
A. Criticism
B. Insult
C. Constructive Criticism
D. Compliment
B. Insult
What are the 5 conflict management styles?
Competing
collaborating
compromise
avoid
accommodate
What does good collaboration look like? How are people behaving, what are they doing when they are collaborating?
Looks like: sharing materials, taking turns, sitting together, helping each other even if it's not your role.
Sounds like: “can I help?”, “what do you think?”, “let’s try your idea.”
How can our strengths help us succeed in a group.
We can contribute our skills to help the group reach the goal or finish a task.
Give 3 examples of Needs and 3 examples of Wants.
Needs: Food and water, clothes, Home
Wants: Ipad, candy, PS5
What is the difference between contructive criticism and just criticism?
Constructive:
Intends to help improve
Related to the work
Makes suggestions to improve
Specific, clear, details and actionable.
Criticism:
Intends to embarrass ordemean
Feels like a personal attack
No suggestions for improvement
Vague and non-specific with no action items
Moe and Adam are partners for a project. Moe asked Adam what role he wants to do? Adam said he doesn't want to talk about the group right now. the next day in class when the teacher gave them time to work on the project Adam spent the whole time on his phone not paying attention to Moe.
What type of conflict management skill is Adam using?
Avoid
List 5 productive behaviours when working in a group and 5 unproductive behaviours.
Productive Behaviours:
Listening when others talk
Sharing materials
Taking turns to speak
Staying on task
Encouraging teammates
Completing your role/job
Asking questions nicely
Being open to different ideas
Solving disagreements calmly
Unproductive behaviours:
Interrupting
Doing all the work alone /refusing help
Not doing your part
Arguing or blaming
Ignoring others
Distracting the group
Being rude or using a harsh tone
Leaving the group or refusing participation
How can we turn our weaknesses into strengths?
Practice and learn from our mistakes, ask a group member or adult for help.
What are the 3 parts of Self advocacy?
Understanding your needs and wants;
Knowing how to meet them;
Communicating the above two points to others.
Molly was instructed by her group members to do the finishing touches of their poster board. Molly waited until the last minute to get everything done. she glued all the pieces on but messily. some of the pictures were falling off but overall, she managed to get all the parts on the board. Give her feedback using the hamburger method.
Positive feedback: good job getting all the parts on the poster board
Constructive feedback: the poster could be more neat and glued on better
What to do next time: Next time you can start to do it earlier and not wait till the last minute.
Act out a scenario where the conflict management style is ACCOMMODATING.
You allow others to 'win' and get their way.
Accommodation is for situations where you don't care as strongly about the issue as the other person, if prolonging the conflictis not worth your time, or if you think you might be wrong.