E7 Intro - E031 PE-course Project Organised Learning (POL) Mm 3: Cross-cultural Team Building Master of Science – Introductory Semester (E7 – Intro) Lecturer: Xiangyun Du Ass. teacher: Lars Peter Jensen

E7 Intro - E032 Mm 3: Cross-cultural Team Building Learning outcome: A fter this mm you should be able to Understand how cultural differences between group members may influence the team work in your project group Reflect upon your own preferred learning style in order to improve your learning Take into consideration differences in culture and learning styles in your team work

E7 Intro - E033 Mm 3: Cross-cultural Team Building Programme: Lecture I: Learning in a New Culture by Xiangyun Introduction to group task Group discussion on cultural differences Poster presentation, group by group Lecture II: On learning styles – test and follow- up

E7 Intro - E034 Introduction to Group Task (1) Organisation: Students divided into 5 groups with As many different nationalities as possible. Group task: Discuss one main area Each student provide information about her/his own culture … welcome to discuss other areas afterwards

E7 Intro - E035 Introduction to Group Task (2) Main areas of discussion: Face-to-face Communication Timing and Meetings Learning Environment Teacher-student Relations Value of Success and Failure

E7 Intro - E036 Introduction to Group Task (3) Preparation: Each group prepares a poster The poster title is Poster organised according to cultures represented Most important responses written in the poster Plenum presentation: Each group has 10 minutes Each student introduces another culture 5 minutes for clarifying questions and comments.

E7 Intro - E037 Lecture II: On Learning Styles

E7 Intro - E038 On Learning Styles Overview: WHAT is learning style? WHY test learning style? The test Different learning styles

E7 Intro - E039 WHAT is learning style? A person’s way of taking in and processing information – and thereby learn. Different persons have different learning styles.

E7 Intro - E0310 WHY test learning style? To make you aware of how you learn …and thereby improve your learning process To enable the group to take into consideration the group members’ different learning styles … and thereby improve your team work

E7 Intro - E0311 The learning styles test (1) 1.Circle "a" or "b" for every one of the 44 questions.

E7 Intro - E0312 The learning styles test (2) 2.Fill out the scoring sheet with a ’1’ for each of your answers. 3.Add ’1’s in column ’a’ and column ’b’ in each of the 4 fields. 4.Calculate the numerical difference between a- score and b-score and add an ’a’ or a ’b’ depending upon which is the larger sum.

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E7 Intro - E0314 The learning styles test (3) 5.Transfer your 4 preferences to the preference sheet which you keep yourself. 6.Each group member transfers her/his 4 preferences to the group preference sheet, as well as to the group acetate. 7.The scoring sheet is handed in to the lecturer. Remember to write name, sex and nationality. The group acetate is also handed in to the lecturer.

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E7 Intro - E0316 Different learning styles - 1 Sensing Learners Concrete: facts and data Focus on sensory input Practical Observant Repetition Intuitive Learners Abstract: theory and models Focus on subconscious Imaginative Look for meanings Variety

E7 Intro - E0317 Different learning styles - 2 Visual Learners ‘Show me’ Pictures Diagrams Sketches Schematics Flow charts Verbal learners ‘Explain it to me’ Spoken word Written words

E7 Intro - E0318 Different learning styles - 3 Active Learners ‘Let’s try it out’ Process actively Jump in prematurely Like group work Reflective Learners ‘Let’s think about it’ Process introspectively Work quietly Slow in starting Like solo or pair work

E7 Intro - E0319 Different learning styles - 4 Sequential Learners Function with partial understanding Steady progress Explain easily Analysis, details Global Learners Need big picture to function Initially slow, then major leaps Can’t explain easily Synthesis, systems- ecological thinking

E7 Intro - E0320 REMEMBER: The test cannot be used to categorise people. No learning style is better than another – they are simply different. The more ways you are able to learn the better you learn. Take into consideration differences in learning styles when cooperating.

E7 Intro - E0321 …and this was all for today – thank you for your attention!