From forming to performing: group dynamics
- 1. Imagine - a conference for English teachers ILC International House Brno Teacher Training Centre
- 2. From Forming to Performing: Group Dynamics James Egerton IH Riga www.jamesegerton.wordpress.com
- 4. ‘Human beings are group beings’ - Rupert Brown
- 5. class = human interaction
- 6. teacher = facilitator Rogers´ attributes of an effective facilitator: ● empathy ● acceptance ● congruence
- 7. Lewin’s 3 Leadership Styles Which one best summarises your teaching style? Autocratic Laissez-faire Democratic Do this! Do this or that as you see fit. What do you think we should do?
- 9. Tuckman’s stages of group development
- 10. Hersey and Blanchard's situational leadership theory Forming Storming Norming Performing
- 12. Optimal leadership style: (more authoritarian) Means fully supervising students’ work and giving the sense of direction.
- 15. I enjoy long distance running I have a dog called Harry At primary school I played the violin
- 16. “Tasks have a social function and not just a pedagogic one” - Dornyei and Murphy.
- 17. (50%)
- 18. Optimal leadership style: (authoritarian – democratic) Occurs when the ‘teacher-leader’ convinces the students of the importance of the task; the students become more aware of the value of their learning process
- 19. c Care but don’t take it personally
- 20. Engaging in conflict = downward spiral
- 21. Revisit agreed norms + Positive reinforcement
- 22. Don’t label the person. Be specific about the behaviour.
- 23. Beware of ‘boxing’ a learner into a role. “I don’t ask him because he never answers.”
- 24. group roles
- 26. “Better have a valued goal, or you can't get any positive motivation… How are you going to hit something if you don't know what it is?” Jordan Peterson, Professor of Psychology, University of Toronto.
- 28. Mastery Goals Performance Goals experiences, applying knowledge grades, ranking, praise, extrinsic reward
- 29. Mastery Goals Performance Goals experiences, applying knowledge grades, ranking, praise, extrinsic reward EXAMPLES To write more clearly with a higher level of vocabulary and grammar. To have intelligible pronunciation when speaking to my cousins in Scotland. To be the English speaker on our family trip to London - ordering at restaurants, talking to taxi drivers etc. To be able to understand the plot of a film without subtitles. EXAMPLES To get 9 in the Year 9 English exam. To beat my friend Vlad in the exam. To get in the top 3 at the next English Olympiad. To get 5 gold stars from my teacher this month. To get 50 euros from my parents for passing the Year 12 English exam.
- 31. Optimal leadership style: (democratic) Leadership style allows the students to share their ideas and cooperate.
- 32. Nelson (2008): A cooperative enterprise could in some way be done...by a single person. cooperation
- 38. Optimal leadership style: (democratic – laissez faire) Passing the responsibility for the learning process on to the students; the teacher is facilitating the group processes mainly by monitoring group work.
- 40. Numerous studies show that collaborative learning, as compared to working independently, results in deeper information processing and more meaningful psychological connections among participants...Group cohesion.
- 41. PBL - Island Project
- 42. I → We My → Our
- 43. What would you do if…?
- 44. (Added later - 1975)
- 45. A negative ending “could have detrimental effects on future L2 learning experiences.” Dörnyei and Malderez.
- 46. celebrate
- 49. Questions? get in touch jamesegerton89@gmail.com www.jamesegerton.wordpress.com Slides and write up on here now!
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