Personal Reflection
Personal Reflection
Fraser and Dean opined “Group work has long been accepted as an effective learning strategy because it provides opportunities for students to negotiate meaning, manipulate ideas with others and reflect upon their learning” (Fraser & Dean, 1997).
Based on the above, businesses now rely on teams to increase quality and efficiency, develop systems, design and launch products, determine strategy and run an organisation. For these reasons, Schools and modern day organisations are placing tremendous emphasis on the importance of teamwork. As more employers are keen on recruiting new employees that are comfortable with working in teams so have the learning institutions place more importance on the need of students to work in groups and develop this much needed skill.
Below is a personal reflection on our group assignment. This assignment was made easy by the lecturer as we were given a topic but for the first time since I started college, the lecturer created the groups by picking our names out of a hat
The main purpose of the project was to create a Lesson learned Report from a case study on The London Ambulance Service’s project from the early 90s.
The Planning Process
This was my first group assignment this academic year and the four members met after the lectures that night, exchanged contact details and decided that since we were all seeing this case study for the first time, it would be highly beneficial if we all take out some time to read it, take notes and come up with ideas on how to approach it before the next class. Also, a project leader was appointed. This meeting took roughly half hour.
Before the next meeting, one of the group members used the assignment planner from the school’s website to create a plan that would give an insight into what needs to be done and by when. This helped a great deal.
Division of Tasks
When we were brainstorming, I felt the ease of having four heads together instead of one. There were various ideas from
Fraser and Dean opined “Group work has long been accepted as an effective learning strategy because it provides opportunities for students to negotiate meaning, manipulate ideas with others and reflect upon their learning” (Fraser & Dean, 1997).
Based on the above, businesses now rely on teams to increase quality and efficiency, develop systems, design and launch products, determine strategy and run an organisation. For these reasons, Schools and modern day organisations are placing tremendous emphasis on the importance of teamwork. As more employers are keen on recruiting new employees that are comfortable with working in teams so have the learning institutions place more importance on the need of students to work in groups and develop this much needed skill.
Below is a personal reflection on our group assignment. This assignment was made easy by the lecturer as we were given a topic but for the first time since I started college, the lecturer created the groups by picking our names out of a hat
The main purpose of the project was to create a Lesson learned Report from a case study on The London Ambulance Service’s project from the early 90s.
The Planning Process
This was my first group assignment this academic year and the four members met after the lectures that night, exchanged contact details and decided that since we were all seeing this case study for the first time, it would be highly beneficial if we all take out some time to read it, take notes and come up with ideas on how to approach it before the next class. Also, a project leader was appointed. This meeting took roughly half hour.
Before the next meeting, one of the group members used the assignment planner from the school’s website to create a plan that would give an insight into what needs to be done and by when. This helped a great deal.
Division of Tasks
When we were brainstorming, I felt the ease of having four heads together instead of one. There were various ideas from