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• Purposeful activity.
• Face-to-face contact.
• Active participation.
• Clarification of tasks.
• Reflection
A. Forming
This is when a group comes together for the first time. The teacher
can help by facilitating introductions, using ice-breaking tasks, and
explaining the tasks and purpose of the group.
B. Norming
The group begins to share ideas, thoughts and beliefs, and to
develop shared norms (group rules).
C. Storming
This stage is when the group is actively trying to carry out a task and
there may be conflict between one or more group members as the
group sorts itself out and becomes more functional.
Group development stages
cont.
• Performing
This is when the group focuses on the activity and
starts to work together as a team to perform the
set tasks.
• Adjourning or the termination phase concerned
with sadness and some self evaluation (borrowed
from Lacoursiere’s 1974 work on Group
development stages)
-Ensure that the students are clear about the tasks to be carried
out
• Group round
• Each person has a brief time—say, 20 seconds
or one minute—
• to say something in turn round the group. The
direction round
• the group can be decided by the first
contributor, or members
• can speak in a random order.
Buzz group
Student asked to turn to neighbour
•To answer prepared question
•Discuss what they understand
by…
•Speculate on what will happen
next in e.g. case scenario