TRACE Tips Teamwork Skills Being an Effective Group Member.pdf

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1、TRACETipsMC4055,ext.33132TeamworkSkills:BeinganEffectiveGroupMemberForsmallgroupstofunctioneffectivelyinacoursecontext,studentsmustattendtoboththeclimatewithintheirgroupandtheprocessbywhichtheyaccomplishtheirtasks.Criticaltoahealthyclimateandaneffectiveprocessarestrongcommunications

2、kills.Belowyouwillfindthebasiccharacteristicsofeffectivecommunicators,plustipstohelpstudentswithgroupclimateandprocess.Althoughstudentscangainmanyoftheskillsdescribedbelowthroughinformalsocialinteractions,theystillbenefitfromhavingthemmadeexplicit.Tohonetheirskillstheyalsoneedopport

3、unitiestopracticeaswellastoreceiveregularfeedbackonhowthey’redoing.Sharetheinformationbelowwithyourstudents,useittosetactivitiesforthem,andworktoincorporatethreecomponentsoffeedbackintoyourplan:instructorcomments(oraland/orwritten),reflectivegroupdiscussionsand/orpeerassessment,ands

4、elf-reflection(seethereflectionpromptsinAppendixAforideas).CommunicationSkillsTofunctionsuccessfullyinasmallgroup,studentsneedtobeabletocommunicateclearlyonintellectualandemotionallevels.Effectivecommunicators:canexplaintheirownideasexpresstheirfeelingsinanopenbutnon-threateningwayl

5、istencarefullytoothersaskquestionstoclarifyothers’ideasandemotionscansensehowothersfeelbasedontheirnonverbalcommunicationwillinitiateconversationsaboutgroupclimateorprocessiftheysensetensionsbrewingreflectontheactivitiesandinteractionsoftheirgroupandencourageothergroupmemberstodosoa

6、swellRegularopencommunication,inwhichgroupmemberssharetheirthoughts,ideas,andfeelings,isamustforsuccessfulgroupwork.Unspokenassumptionsandissuescanbeverydestructivetoproductivegroupfunctioning.Whenstudentsarewillingtocommunicateopenlywithoneanother,ahealthyclimatewillemergeandaneffe

7、ctiveprocesscanbefollowed.SkillsforaHealthyGroupClimateToworktogethersuccessfully,groupmembersmustdemonstrateasenseofcohesion.Cohesionemergesasgroupmembersexhibitthefollowingskills:1TRACETipsMC4055,ext.33132Openness:Groupmembersarewillingtogettoknowoneanother,particularlythosewithdi

8、fferentinterestsand