Yes, there are mounds of curricula they must major
in a wide breadth of subjects, but education does not begin and end with a
textbook or test.
Other skills must be honed, too, not the least of
which is how to get along with their peers and work well with others. This is
not something that can be cultivated through rote memorization or with
strategically placed pictures.
Students must be engaged and cooperation must be
practiced, and often. The following team-building game promotes cooperation and
communication, helps establish a positive classroom environment and — most
importantly — provides a fun, much-needed reprieve from routine.
This problem solving activity requires that the
leader choose a well known picture or cartoon that is full of features. The
picture needs to be cut into as many equal squares as there are members in the
activity. Each member should be given a piece of the “puzzle” and instructed to
make an exact copy of their part of the puzzle five times bigger than its
original size. They are posed with the problem of not knowing why or how their
own work affects the larger image. The leader can pass out pencils, markers,
paper, and rulers in order to make the process simpler and run more easily.
When all the participants have completed their expansions, ask them to assemble
their pieces into a gigantic copy of the original picture on a table.
Here are some
pictures of the results of this collage team activity.
A SWAN
This
problem solving activity will teach participants how to work in a team and
it proves divisionalized ‘departmental’ working, which is the accepting of the
fact that each person working on their own part contributes to an overall group
result.
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