Working Together – Employability Skill
Practice
Equipment
required: Pens/pencils and paper.
Split
the group into random teams of three or four.
Instruction
to group:
One
person in each team starts by drawing a shape or outline.
The
drawing is then passed to the next team member who must add to the drawing.
And
so on.
Time
spent by each person in turn on the drawing is limited to 10 seconds. (The
facilitator will say 'change' when time is up.)
No discussion is permitted during
the drawing!
The
drawing must be completed in two minutes.
Discussion
& Review:
• Don’t tell what was drawn! Just talk about the process.
• Did the team draw anything
recognizable?
• How easy was the understanding
between team members?
• How did team members work
differently on this task?
• What was the effect of time
pressure?
• Was there a natural tendency to
draw supportively and harmoniously, or were there more conflicting ideas?
The
drawings are then displayed on document camera so the other teams can tell what
they believe the drawing is or represents.
Final
Review:
• What factors enabled teams to
produce recognizable drawings?
• What factors led to drawings being
unrecognizable?
• Are 'drawing' skills especially
helpful in this exercise, or are other capabilities more significant?
• What does this exercise demonstrate
about mutual understanding and how to achieve it?
• What obstacles to understanding and
teamwork does this activity illustrate?
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