Collaborativeness

In order for a group to work well together you need to have both a leader and followers. In order to be an effective leader you need to be able to delegate tasks and not be in the leadership position for power. In order to be an effective follower you need to be able to work well in a group and do your part to help with the task at hand. While working in a group it is very important to always have the groups best interest in mind and respect each other's ideas and opinions. Group work in classrooms can be very beneficial. Through group work students can have the chance to check their answers with other students and give them an opportunity to talk things through out loud and help those who may have not understood something the first time it was explained. Collaboration is a little different than group work. Collaboration is students working in small groups to make a larger project. This would allow each of the students to share their ideas and work together to come up with a new idea. Though collaborative projects can sometimes be difficult when some students don't participate as much, I believe they are very important in a classroom. I think working collaboratively gives students the chance to know what working with others is like. These students are going to have to work with people for the rest of their lives and it is good for them to learn how to deal with different people and different group situations. Even as they get in the work field they are going to have to work with people who don't pull their weight or don't do as much work. So it is important to have them learn this at an earlier stage so they know how to work with it.