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The ability to work positively and effectively with others despite differences in opinion, experiences, or background.
"The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime."
– Babe Ruth
The ability to work in a team is an essential skill, especially in the classroom and the workforce. As social beings, humans often find themselves needing to collaborate on tasks, and knowing how to use one's skill set to support the success of others and themselves allows for more creative and functional spaces. When collaborating with my classmates on lesson plans I find that the lesson plans are more detailed and fun cause my peers and I each bring a different perspective that allows for a well rounded product.
Teaching Students To Collaborate
Teaching Students To Collaborate
When teaching students to collaborate, it is important to create clear expectations so all students are involved and feel heard. Collaborating with others isn't always easy for students, so clearly stating what good collaboration looks like and creating expectations can help students who may struggle. This may include teaching students the language of collaboration, what active listening looks like, and how to agree or disagree with another peer's opinion respectfully. It is also important to warn students of what is unacceptable in collaborative settings, such as name-calling, leaving out another student, or forcing large workloads onto another student.
In The Eyes Of Antiracism
In The Eyes Of Antiracism
Collaboration between diverse students can be especially challenging. Prejudice between students can cause conflict in the group, which is why it is important to create collaboration expectations. Additionally, when issues of racism amongst diverse groups are brought up, they should be dealt with quickly and carefully. Students should not be left feeling that issues of racism will go ignored or it can create an uncomfortable classroom environment for all students.
In The Eyes Of SPED
In The Eyes Of SPED
Collaboration can be challenging for students with disabilities due to a feeling of separation or ostracization from peers and complications with their disability. Many learning disabilities make it difficult for students to communicate and understand the actions or motives of others. Still, it is important that special needs students are included in general classrooms as much as possible and helpful to their development. Creating an expectation of understanding and patience in the class (for all students, not just those with special needs) can help students connect with each other.
Me and Collaboration
Me and Collaboration
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