Introduction:
When I first herd we were doing this Mid-Term Puzzle activity I found it to be a bit silly. I even had to roll my eyes at it (even though if I’m honest with you I can’t roll my eyes for the life of me). The main reason for why I felt this way is because, I looked at people and thought they were going to take this as an acting experience severing ties to what they would really act like if placed in a rill group. Looking at the facts, I noticed people would change there behaviors and act on, how they think you as a teacher would grade, there perception of a group, the people watching them, and I found the first group and the first group only to be acting on a competitive edge. Because of thinking about these factors and watching …show more content…
Group Development When first looking at the stages of group development, I thought any of them could fit group one. Depending on how you look at things there group could have easily fallen under the Kolodny, Tuckman, Sequential-Stage, Bales Models. But when re-reading through the northern and Kurland model I found that group one had many of their own unique experiences, while doing the puzzle activity that connected them to the four stages of the model. First I am going to talk about how group one and how the students applied to Inclusion/Orientation.
Group one had so many dynamics that it made it easy for me to split apart why they fit and why they did not. Magen was a main part in this group and soon became a leader. Although she was a leader she did a poor job of making others in the group feel included putting a strain on the dynamics sooner than later. Magen treated this more like a competition to see how fast you can finish the puzzle. Because of this some group members were involved and others chose not to be so involved in the group. The active side was made up of Tammy, Krista, Magen, and Tasha. On the other side of things Meredith, Renata, and Leah seemed to have an issue with the group and probably would decline from the puzzle making membership if asked again. This leads right into the second part of this model
When I first herd we were doing this Mid-Term Puzzle activity I found it to be a bit silly. I even had to roll my eyes at it (even though if I’m honest with you I can’t roll my eyes for the life of me). The main reason for why I felt this way is because, I looked at people and thought they were going to take this as an acting experience severing ties to what they would really act like if placed in a rill group. Looking at the facts, I noticed people would change there behaviors and act on, how they think you as a teacher would grade, there perception of a group, the people watching them, and I found the first group and the first group only to be acting on a competitive edge. Because of thinking about these factors and watching …show more content…
Group Development When first looking at the stages of group development, I thought any of them could fit group one. Depending on how you look at things there group could have easily fallen under the Kolodny, Tuckman, Sequential-Stage, Bales Models. But when re-reading through the northern and Kurland model I found that group one had many of their own unique experiences, while doing the puzzle activity that connected them to the four stages of the model. First I am going to talk about how group one and how the students applied to Inclusion/Orientation.
Group one had so many dynamics that it made it easy for me to split apart why they fit and why they did not. Magen was a main part in this group and soon became a leader. Although she was a leader she did a poor job of making others in the group feel included putting a strain on the dynamics sooner than later. Magen treated this more like a competition to see how fast you can finish the puzzle. Because of this some group members were involved and others chose not to be so involved in the group. The active side was made up of Tammy, Krista, Magen, and Tasha. On the other side of things Meredith, Renata, and Leah seemed to have an issue with the group and probably would decline from the puzzle making membership if asked again. This leads right into the second part of this model