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Teaching teamwork, Why is it so important ?

There are many group tasks given to teach teamwork to students that enables practicing positive and productive communication amongst themselves. Team projects, tedious tasks, and a long range of games will involve productive teamwork skills students must employ to be successful. Much of the work students complete for credit is on an individual basis. By assigning a lesson to be learned as a group, you will usually spark a welcomed change in behavior.

In teaching teamwork to students, you must highlight its importance and what skills are needed to communicate effectively when working with others. Here are some vital skills you can share and discuss with your students.

Listening:

The most important rule is that students need to listen. Primarily so that others can speak without being interrupted; Second, so everyone can learn and engage in the discussion. A simple way of assisting the students with this skill is to hand only the speaker an object. You will signify only one person can speak at a time and it is the student holding the object. I use a fluffy animal but it can be anything, I’ve had groups of students who have just used a particular pencil.

Speaking:

Members will need to speak in groups, sharing their own ideas and providing feedback to others' ideas. Many students face no challenge talking to classmates, but to work effectively in a group students must learn to speak respectfully to everyone. While speaking, students need to express their ideas quickly yet clearly so that they are easily understood. Your listeners can tune out if someone is talking for too long or jumping from one idea to another. Remember younger children have a shorter attention span than adults.

Confidence:

Not so much a team skill as much as a personal ability but it’s one students should practice and learn. To participate in teamwork students need the confidence to express their ideas and accept criticism without becoming too offended to continue. Building a student's confidence can be a long, elusive process. Providing more opportunities for your students to work in groups will exercise listening and speech skills which in turn will increase their confidence.

There is plenty you can discuss when teaching teamwork skills such as respect, leadership and assignment of roles and responsibilities. The effects of working in a group can be taught once the basic fundamentals of listening, speaking and confidence have been discussed and practiced.

An excellent way of introducing students to teamwork and to help them better their abilities is through classroom games, either as groups or in pairs. Games are a great engaging way for students to enjoy working as a team.

You will find a good list of classroom games the website Rich Game for Learning: www.richgamesforlearning.com

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