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Teamwork is not about being the same - but choosing to work together, combining your strengths toward shared goals.
Teamwork is not about being the same - but choosing to work together, combining your strengths toward shared goals.
A key word used within teams is: WE Instead of a continual focus on me, the focus is on we.
No-budget Teamwork Videos:
No-budget Teamwork Videos:
Under Over Use Strength Continuum:
Under Over Use Strength Continuum:
Some class discussion topics and questions:
Some class discussion topics and questions:
- How did you use teamwork today? Let's find out below with some discussion items...
Teamwork discussion points (Click to expand this section)
Teamwork discussion points (Click to expand this section)
- How is your class a team?
- How big can your team be? Can it include the people in your: friend group, class, grade, school, city, country, world?
- When is it really hard to use your strength of teamwork with a teacher or another student?
- How do you work with your strength of teamwork with a teacher you feel in a conflict with?
- What usually gets in the way of using your strength of teamwork?
- Can you disagree with others while using your strength of teamwork? How might disagreements be handled?
- What perspectives are necessary for you to have to use your strength of teamwork?
- How did you see use others use their strength of teamwork today?
- How is using teamwork easier/harder with your friends? How about with others you don't know as well?
- How do you select who to give your strength of teamwork to? When to follow them and when not to? (your boundaries)
- What other strengths are used when using the strength of teamwork?
- How does teamwork and leadership work together?
- Leadership may seem more important but what importance does teamwork have?
- How do you let someone know you are not going to offer/give your strength of teamwork to the person leading?
- As you are using your strength of teamwork, what style of leadership do you like? What style of leadership do you not like?
and two more (that were taken from R, M. Niemiec, Character Strengths Interventions, 2018):
- How might you bring your strength of teamwork into play, relationships, family?
- Some times when you are really using your strength of teamwork you might feel frustrated by a team member's lack of using that strength, not doing as much participation or contribution - how could you handle it?
Deeper learning:
Deeper learning:
Your questions, Your displays of understanding, Your ideas.
Your questions, Your displays of understanding, Your ideas.
We are all part of teams: in games (online, board, sports), working with classroom, families, etc. One learner had these questions about teamwork:
We are all part of teams: in games (online, board, sports), working with classroom, families, etc. One learner had these questions about teamwork:
How to disagree?
How to organize the group?
How to know your role?
And he offered the reminder of not being so nervous to give your input if something has not been already said. The team includes you! How can you get to that confident place?
Some notable videos on teamwork:
Some notable videos on teamwork:
How could this example be helpful within our community?
How could this example be helpful within our community?
A sample of how nature knows about teamwork and cooperation.
A sample of how nature knows about teamwork and cooperation.
How much more can we learn from nature on teamwork and cooperation?
Once again nature knows about teamwork and cooperation.
Once again nature knows about teamwork and cooperation.
How many more examples can you find?
Can you or your class make one of these?
Can you or your class make one of these?
Feel free to read each quote and discuss the ideas behind it, what you agree with and what you don't.
And what does Kid President/Soul Pancake have to say relating to the matter?
And what does Kid President/Soul Pancake have to say relating to the matter?
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