Comenius I - Socrates Learning to Learn Izmir – TURKEY June, 2008

Why train teamwork with our students? learn to listen to each other learn to listen to each other give mutual support and encouragement give mutual support and encouragement learn and keep rules (i.e. timetable) practise job sharing practise job sharing connect individual results to group results connect individual results to group results qualify to present products in the end qualify to present products in the end train student-centred/active learning train student-centred/active learning prepare for university and/or job training prepare for university and/or job training ……… ………

What skills are needed for teamwork? Intellectual skills Method skills Social skills Personal skills

What issues are typical for group work in our classes? Expert groups Group puzzles Complex tasks Creative works Competitions Simulation games Role plays Learning stations ……

Group work must be carefully organized and trained !!

Plan for a training course Warm-upMotivation Reflection of Group Processes Reflection of Rules Training of Teamwork Presentation of Results

WHAT ARE ICEBREAKERS ? WHAT ARE WARM UP ACTIVITIES ? WHAT ARE ICEBREAKERS ? WHAT ARE WARM UP ACTIVITIES ? Icebreakers are activities designed to: relax learners, to introduce them to each other and energize them in a non-threatening way. Warm up activities are designed to: involve audience, hold on to your participant’s attention, help build teams, help develop motivation, improve communications and are fun

TYPICAL WARM-UP ACTIVITIES Games Activities Exercises Songs Picture – talking Discussions Quizzes Riddles Questions Puzzles Decoding Messages

Motives of teamwork How to create and preserve motives? Internal motives External motives

Listen to your students’ needs! What are we going to do – what is our objective? The objective must be clear, explicit, and attainable Ask for and hear students suggestions

Invest on the level of ambition of the team! The properly chosen challenge to the proper level of difficulty!

Reflection of Group Processes form teams with sympathy between the members of the team Share proper roles! Share responsibilities! Offer province! responsibility and province keep their motives strong for a long time   Invest on a friendly atmosphere!

Rhythm, harmony, weak link Find the rhythm! Preserve harmony! Spot the weak link! Build up the team rivalry! individual rivalry group rivalry self-rivalry

Reflection of Rules - Conflicts The conflicts: find the reasons and reason them out as soon as possible since they happen anyway, try to gain as much as possible from them. The rules: are set and agreed on from the very beginning, are accepted by all, are kept by all, and, are often reminded of.

Training of Teamwork They familiarize with each other and a friendly environment is created via the warm-up, They wonder about the benefits of participating in the team and they are motivated, They take up roles and province, They set rules, They evaluate the team `s course.

Examples of activities Warm up Motivation Group processes Rules Evaluation Questionnaire, discussion and Fishbowl “Strip Story” Puzzle Team work vs. single work Disturbances and irritations: “building a tower” Mrs. Wright – activity of rhythm and harmony Role playing Questionnaires and discussion

Presentation of Results regular feedback regular evaluations presentation of results

EPAL-TEE of Epanomi Izmir Özel Fatih Koleji Hessenkolleg Wetzlar Group Scolar Industrial Energetic Ploiesti