oup Dynamics
Content of the Lesson Why Team Work? Team Role Theory Stages of Team Development
Do you know everyone in this Room? Visit Padlet. Answer the question:
If you were a country, what country would you be and why?
Why Team Work? Increased productivity and performance Skills development Refine understanding through
discussion and explanation Challenge assumptions Plan and manage time Knowing more about yourself
Team Role Theory Belbin 1981 Every team consists of different roles,
and every role have:
Some typical positive contributions Some weaknesses
These weaknesses must be tolerated in order to take advantage of the
forces that are connected with them.
Roles in a Team Progress Completer/ fininsher Makes sure things are done in time
Makes sure everybody are working
Overview, pulling everbody in the same direction
Sees details, performs accurately.
teamworker
Analyst
Creates good workingclimate
Asses the pros and cons of ideas and options
Factory Creative ideas
Resourceinvestigator Combines ideas from others. Gets resources from outside
Development
cooperation
Coordinator
Specialist
Assesment
Pusher/leader
Place Yourself 1. Where do you normally find yourself in this chart? 2. In your current group, what role are you normally playing?
Watch the video: Tuckman´s model Watch the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=c3RU1PYWNB8
When you are watching the video, think
about
What stage your group is at? How does this model fit your own
group's experience?
Stages of Group Development Tuckman´s model 1965
Dice Game ď‚— Let s talk together about team work. ď‚— Work in groups and use the digital dice.
1
Do you like group work and why?
2
What challenges can a teacher have with group work?
4
How can you activate more passive students in group work?
6
What if one student seems to be too bossy?
7
Are there any subjects where group working is not needed/important?
8
What do you do with freeloaders in the group?
9
What do you think is the secret to good dynamics?
10
How do you choose who goes into what groups?
Sources Gross Davis, B. (1993). Tools for Teaching. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass
Publishers.
Jaques, D. (2000). Learning in Groups: A Handbook for Improving
Group Work, 3rd ed. London: Kogan Page.
Tuckman, B. (1965). Developmental sequence in small groups.
Psychological Bulletin 63 (6)
West, M .(1994) Effective Teamwork; The British Psychology Society. http://www.belbin.com/
Thank You.