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Observation points:
1.
First impressions - Imagine that you are a member of this group, what
is your first impressions of each fellow student? What did they say or do
to give you this impression?
My first impression on this team is that, I think that all the members did not try hard
to understand about each other before begin their group work. As the result, the
discussion just mess up and everyone just fed up. Shireen, she is bossy but in a
team, there must be a leader just like her so I do agree with her behavior. However,
she did not pay much attention to other members ideas, she just wanted to go with
what she had planned before. For example, Muzz had to say, Excuse me for four
times before he had the chance to speak up. On the other hand, Vikki is a very easygoing person and she could participate well in a team. She did listened to other
members and she does not get angry with other members. Muzz is a nice team
member, he would say what he wanted to share, just like the time he interrupted the
conversation between Shireen and Vikki. Rob did not participate a lot during the
discussion and he was really rude. First of all he came late but he left earlier than
others, for me, leaving before the time is not important but you have to include the
reason for the members too. He was talkative person, and he was angry after
Shireen interrupted the joke. Furthermore, after that joke, Rob seemed to be angry
and just pulled out his phone and started doing staff with his phone. Lastly, Dilea was
a silent person, but I do believe that she is a well-organized person. The reason that
I say like this because her face showed that she was confident with the task and she
would speak out as long as the team needed. To sum up, I still love to work in this
team and I think that it would be more easier for us to work with each others as time
go by.
2.
In order to overcome this situation, I think they all have to understand about each
other first, and try to be patient and analyze the ideas of the members without have
to interrupt during they are speaking. If you get bored or disappointed with other
members, you also have to participate in the discussion so that the team working is
still keep going, otherwise they will not be able to complete task.
3.
Reading body language - Watch the video clip again and make a note
of instances of body language that give some indication as to how the
students might be feeling.
Shireen: at the beginning she looked happy and hopes everything going fine.
At the moment that she brought up the idea of deciding what they are going to
do during the presentation, she spoke up in an action of a bit anger and
important, but soon after Vikki wanted to share ideas before deciding that
task, Shireen just become angry. Until Muzz interrupted her, she just feel like
hopeless and breath deeply in order to keep calm.
Vikki: same as Shireen, at the start of conversation she looked happy, but
after Shireen interrupted Robs joke, she just turn her face immediately from
smile to normal as she started to concentrated on her work again. After
Shireen brough up the idea of deciding what to do during the presentation,
Vikkis mouth shown that she was a bit surprise about what Shireen said, she
think that Shireen should not have said that.
Muzz: while he was speaking, his hands always do some actions in order to
make others concentrate on what he was saying. After Rob said something
about Muzz idea for written thing down on the white board, Muzz become
angry as his voice become louder and his fore finger was directly show to his
head which is a sign of strong argument.
Rob: At the beginning his face looked so happy especially when he was
making a joke, however after Shireen stopped his joke, his face just turned
into a bit angry and up sad with her. He acted just like a relaxing time, he sat
back and relax on his chair and look only to his phone without caring about
the teamwork.
Delia: She just sat and her face just looked a bit bored and we could see that
we was thinking about something during the meeting.
4.
Group composition - This group was selected by the tutor. In
your opinion what are the benefits and disadvantages of the group being
selected in this way.
In my opinion, groups selected by the tutor would have a lot of benefits such as
getting to know new people with different culture or behavior. If they have never
worked with each other before so now they can share their experiences and we also
can learn a new strategies for completing the task. Although they faced a lot of
problems during the first meeting but they also have learn how to solve those
problems, moreover, it will grow better and better as long as they keep going along
their project. On the other hand, there might have some disadvantages of this group,
for example, it takes long time until they get used to work with each other so the
speed of their work at the beginning was a bit slow.
that idea. Moreover, I like critic other people ideas but I still agree with that idea.
Whenever we need to decide on something, we always ask who is really sure about
their idea, if not we will vote. Most of the times I act like Shireen in a group because I
just feel that I have to make sure for myself that our project have to keep going. If I
decide to do something I will try my best and I will not drop it half way.
2.
Managing the discussion - In what ways do various group
members encourage discussion? What additional strategies do you
suggest?
During the second meeting, they all just speak in more polite ways and most of the
time they smile at each other, which make other members, feel more comfortable to
work as a group. Furthermore, they did not interrupt each other during speaking as
before so each member have enough time and confident to explain what they are
thinking of. I did not see anyone of them show their work to other members, I think
just speaking out is not enough yet. So I would suggest that everyone should have
shown their work to other members for checking it up.
3.
Ground rules - Identify the group rules the group suggest to
help them work together. Can you see any problems with the rules and
how they have been agreed? What are the benefits of having ground
rules.
Group rules are timing, be sure to do some research before coming to discussion
and share ideas or information that you have been researched. I do not think they
have big problems with these rules except timing because Rob always came late
and left 10min before. Ground rules have many benefits such as keeping team going
well and the performance of the team is strong. Furthermore, it can make a good
relationship between each member because if they follow the rules they all would
have stays in the same situation without any jealousy.
2.Democratic planning - This group move on to plan the tasks that are
needed to meet their objectives. Is their planning process democratic?
How would you ensure a democratic and inclusive planning process?
I think that their planning process is not democratic because Shireen act like a boss
that can set the task to each member according to what she think. Furthermore, she
did not ask other members for accepting the task or not which is quite disappointed
other members. To ensure a democratic and inclusive planning process, I think that
all teammates have to set up a list of task and then let each member choose their
task that they want. After that all group members have to decide and make sure
whether each of them choose the right task or not.
2.
3. Discord within a group - Why did Vikki lose her temper towards the
end of this clip? Was it justified? How did Shireen respond? Was it an
appropriate response?
Vikki lose her temper because Shireen interrupt Muzz while he was trying to explain
his ideas of teams personalities and experiences. I think it was justified as Shireen
should have listen to Muzz first before starting to bring up question again and again
which is not polite and the process can not be continue. After Vikki lose her tempter,
Shireen did not say anything more and she was surprised. According to her face, I
think she also would think that she was wrong that she interrupted Muzz. In my
opinion it was an appropriate response, as Shireen did not reply back to Vikki, which
keep the team relationship not to go worse.
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7.
group work more inclusive for international students and students with
English as an additional language?
In order to make group work more inclusive for international students and students
with English as an additional language, I think first of all members in the group
should introduce ourselves to other members so that we all can know each other. As
the result, after we get to know each other, we all feel more comfortable to talk with
each others, which I found it is very important or working as a team. On the other
hand, students with English as his or her first languages should speak in a way that
can help international students to understand better, also they mention to them that
they should ask for clarify any point that they can not understand. As international
students, I think they should prepare some work before coming to the meeting so
that they can get the point more easily. Furthermore, they should not afraid to ask for
the explanation on any point that they cannot understand, no one no ourselves just
like we do.