Hi Annetta,

 

I use TBL in social work courses and have final integrative team project.  I do a couple of things which may be of help for the future, though a little late for now.  I find that some team skills transfer to the project and some do not necessarily.

 

1.       The TBL team is the same team for the final team project.

2.       A little class time is devoted to planning the team project, but not a great deal.

3.       A proposal is required earlier in the semester, which has separately completed sections – i.e. each person completes a different section of the project.  This reveals whether there is team cohesion in conceptualizing and planning the project earlier in the semester as well as whether the team is on track individually and collectively.  The proposal is graded individually.  The final project has a blend of individual and team grading.

4.       A formative peer evaluation about halfway into the term and a summative evaluation at the end of the semester also can reveal teaming concerns earlier on.

 

I am happy to share materials for the final project, if that would be helpful.

 

Best,

Liz

 

Liz Winter, Ph.D., LSW

Academic Coordinator and Clinical Assistant Professor

Child Welfare Education for Leadership Program

School of Social Work

University of Pittsburgh

 

2327 Cathedral of Learning

Pittsburgh, PA 15260

Phone: 412-648-2371

Fax:     412-624-1159

 

 

NOTICE: The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material.  Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by person or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited.  If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer

 

 

 

 

 

Hi there.

 

Part of my posting this situation was to see if any of you may have suggestions on how to approach this NON-TBL team. This class is both TBL and Service Learning. This means that I essentially have two teams for each student: the class TBL team and then their service learning project teams. The latter is NOT a TBL team. This is the first time I have used teams for the service learning projects. As I just stated to Mark, I "assumed" that the skills would transfer. And yes, I know feel like the 'ass' in assume! (Apparently undergraduates do not necessarily transfer the team skills that occur in class to outside teams, despite that we are teaching these skills at the same time. This could be an interesting study for us!!!)

 

Thanks for input on how to approach this NON-TBL team now that there are three weeks left. Any ideas would be great because they are presenting their Service Learning Project results next Monday as a team.

 

ard

 

 

To unsubscribe from the TEAMLEARNING-L list, please click here.

Further information about the UBC Mailing Lists service can be found on the UBC IT website.