I think getting the students to work in teams, particularly in their first term is a good idea \u2013 socially. Thereafter I am far from convinced. The worst teams I ever participated in were during my team as a mature masters student. Team marks were to be awarded and, as by far the most mature of the mature students, I took a North Korean approach to team dynamics \u2013 basically listen to me, do the work or die. It didn\u2019t work, they didn\u2019t do the work, so I did and we all scored highly. What did I learn? \u2013 some young people give a shit a lot less than some old people. Useful life lesson? Nope. When working in teams in the professional world the imperative of a common cause or being paid is the glue that holds the team together. That\u2019s how and why the team comes to be created. In an educational environment, a team is either a group of friends, a random collection of odds and sods, a group constructed around some bogus skills criteria or a subliminal expression of the lecturer\u2019s prejudices, hang ups or fantasies. The result is stressful, off putting, risky and usually results in wildly inflated marks prompted by the lecturer\u2019s relief that the group did at least get through the process without needing the services of a psychiatrist. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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