Look Back The group couldn't seem to find time for us to meet and plan our presentation, the first and only time all group members were present to work on the presentation was on the morning of the presentation. We worked on it and at the time I believed we had agreed on our final product, I personally felt all the slides needed at this point was editing and final touches to make it visually appealing for the audience. I went online to the google presentation we were using as a group to prepare our presentation and was surprised to see a different layout, additional slides, and contents which were different from what we as a group had worked on and approved as the final work we were going to present. I confronted the group members as to the changes on the slides and we had a conflict of what our …show more content…
Elaborate All three group members were present in the library to work on the presentation together and rehearse before the presentation. At the time of the conflict. I was confused as to why the group member who didn't agree with the final product and the direction in which the presentation went did not voice her opinions or disagreements. I was worried that we were so disorganized at a time when we should be ready for the presentation. Fortunately for all group members we did read our notes and do our research on dementia care in relation to wandering, elopement, rummaging and hoarding and we did understand that wandering and elopement was a big concern for dementia patients and was a big safety concern, because we had this knowledge damage control was possible and we stayed focused on our presentation and collaborated as a group in the little time we had left. Other team members seemed to be emotional and tearful and I believe this was because they were worried at this point we wouldn't be able to present the material as a
I will be discussing about my reflection on the Six Week Group Content/Intervention Mid-term project and my internship. The assignment is on Psychoeducational and Counseling Groups for adolescents who are encountering dating violence from their partner. I will be discussing the paper and the critical knowledge that I obtained after completing the assignment.
The general purpose is to engage the students with a provided curriculum and play time for the children. Between these sessions includes various breaks where the students have time for breakfast, and lunch. The agenda is a way to better engage and develop the students through early education. The teachers plan the schedule catered to certain needs of the children, such as speech, behavioral, and psychological thoughts.
I had never realized all the dealings that had to occur for things to get fixed and dealt with in the school district. It’s shocking how much money and skill in presentation it took to get an agenda passed by the board. During this meeting I heard of two agenda task attempt to be passed. The presenter of the Budget Amendments had amazing presentation skills and the ability to clearly present the amendments and was able to get their amendment accepted by the board. While the presenter for the Local District Update, affecting local policies had a much weaker presentation and was unable to get the board members to understand the purpose of the proposal and got their decision suspended until the next meeting. These two presentations made me understand the importance of being able to present you materials to a group of people. If you can’t properly explain your purpose and goal of your agenda to someone they are less likely to support whatever it is that is being presented to them. It makes it seem as if you are not entirely sure of your proposal, yet even if you are not sure in it confidence sales. The meeting was interesting enough that I would go to a second meeting if I had nothing else to do. Something interesting I saw while in the meeting was that most of the people in attendance weren’t paying attention to the items being presented. One guy was playing a baseball game on his phone and one of the presenters was doodling the entire
I think what would help the group be more effective is if all members vocalized their ideas or questions. During this group meeting it seemed to me that the president of the board was the highest participator. Other members seemed distracted by the information they were given. They constantly looked down and were not attentively listening to the individuals speaking Also, the leader in this group John, should have tried to get quieter group members to express their ideas or questions.
This caused aggressive behavior and lead to misunderstandings. Our ability, concepts and methods deteriorated as we progressed. There was minimal substantive team discussion and team goals, roles, procedure and responsibilities were being neglected. The team facilitated a meeting on campus and concluded that every Sunday the team would get together at the college for presentation and resolve conflicting parts within the assignment. This seemed to work for about two weeks before it started to fall apart.
In order to evaluate my role within the group, it is important to identify what makes a group. A group must firstly consist of more than three members, “Two members have personal relationships; with three or more there is a change in quality” of the personal relationship. (Bion 1961, p26) The group must have a common purpose or a goal in order to succeed. Having now completed my group work task, I can look back and reflect upon the process that my group went through to get to the presentation end point.
Groupthink is the psychological phenomenon in which groups working on a task think along the same lines which could have drastic results. It is the result of group polarization where discussions are enhance or exaggerate the initial leanings of the group. Therefore, if a group leans towards risky situation at the beginning of the discussion on average they will move toward an even riskier position. (Marks, 2015). The idea when everyone think the same no one is really thinking. The drastic outcomes result from people trying to avoid conflict with one another, being highly cohesive, and results is questionable decision making (Oliver, 2013). Houghton Mifflin publication of Victims of Groupthink: A Psychological Study of Foreign-Policy Decisions
Group Therapy Group interventions provide a range of therapeutic processes which includes both general and specific groups and which offer a platform for peer support, a sense of universalisation and a shared experience and also an opportunity to learn from other people who are facing similar challenges. Self efficacy and the new coping resources are contributed by peer support and modeling. Supportive-Expressive group therapy Two therapies lead each supportive-expressive therapy group.
According to Johnson and Weaver (1992), groupthink is defined as “an unhealthy decision-making pattern characterized by a high degree of cohesiveness and a striving for consensus among the members of a decision making group” (Introduction, para. 1). The authors’ purpose for writing this article is to highlight how the use of groupthink is engrained in our educational system and how detrimental effects occur as a result. From a young age, students are conditioned to solve problems in school and using methods that fit within the norms of behavioral expectations. Johnson and Weaver (1992) mentioned that, “ there is a general unwillingness to question what has been presented in class” (Group Think in the Classroom, para. 6). Furthermore, Johnson
Our group was really just disagreeing on which topic to go with. On that first day Alberto and I went with the topic over gun malfunctions in the military, while the two girls in our group went with the one that involved crime scene photos. After the group discussion on Friday I talked to Alberto and he said that he was still going to do the gun malfunctions in the military, so I was still going to do it too. The girls thought that it would be too hard to find anything about it and they just honestly didn’t even want to try. So once again I was in a group in which no one could agree or even get anywhere with the discussion.
From the beginning, where we were unfamiliar with each other and became a team, my team and I had started to learn each other name and getting to know each other. Throughout each meeting, we slowly start to feel more comfortable and open minded with each other. Not only are we getting familiar with each other, each meeting that was held we progress of becoming an effective team member, we learn our strengths and weaknesses of everyone. During the meetings, we learn many concepts from the textbook, “Communicating in Small Groups: Principles and Practices” by Steven A. Beebe and John T. Masterson. We were able to learn different types of concept in the textbook and utilized it as a team to complete certain tasks. The three concepts that impacted my team and I are human
While our first assignment was a group argument, the process was difficult at first, however, afterwards it was proved to me that it was more easy that what I had imaged it to be. Working in groups help in the development of my communication skills, however, I observed that I had many things to learn and the communication between my partners and me was truly necessary for the success and the completion of the argument. The argument was difficult to create and write, however, due to the work effort of all my partners and all their contribution to the writing of the argument it help me understand personally that we needed to work together. I would like to keep working with them, because, we have understood each other and now we have an idea of
After re watching my own presentation I have noticed many different things that I didn’t think of or notice when I was originally presenting it. While watching it some of the things that I think I did well on where first my talking. This is something that I know I did better on because I did my presentation a little different from everyone else. Another thing that I think worked well for my presentation was the word to picture ratio. I felt like I did a good job not putting my entire script on the screen but enough to give the class a good summery about what I was talking about. Some areas of the rubric that I still think I need to work on is being more specific on answering the essential question making it more obvious as to what my over
Throughout this group project, I had an opportunity to observe and reflect how my personality traits contributed to and hindered the success of the team. According to the Big Five Model, I identify myself as low on extroversion, moderate on neuroticism as well as openness and high on agreeableness and conscientiousness.
On Tuesday before class started, we had a group meeting concerning our oral presentation. Most of us have met a week earlier to discuss what we were going to talk about during the presentation. We put it together on PowerPoint and quickly went over all the slides. One thing I learned about our group is that some of us tend to shy away when doing presentations in front of the class. Voluntarily I wouldn’t go up, depending what the topic is and if I knew much about it. If I prepare for it, I don’t mind doing it. Communication is very important when working in groups. This is what keeps most of them together. Communication wasn’t a problem in our group because most of us knew each other. Some of the members I do not usually communicate to because they aren’t in my class while a few are. Sometimes when people are communicating, I find that there is a language barrier between us where I might not be sure what they are saying. If this happens, I usually just tell that I didn’t catch what they said if and if they can repeat it. At other times, it can be just my listening skills. Although we didn’t have a long meeting, we practiced just reading the slides to each other. Because we each worked on our own part of the presentation, we had to explain to each other what we did and what information we are presenting so that everyone in the group is familiar. During our presentation, one thing I noticed was that none of the members used physical actions to communicate (such as moving of ha...