Using soft skills in non-formal education Understanding Team and Team Building

Team and Team Building: Introduction Welcome Combination Educational game Exercise with a team Theory

1. Educational game: memory

EDUCATIONAL GAME Memory round 1 - individual Activity Process Cardboard LCD projector Pieces Talking Willing Mental Participatory Responsibility

EDUCATIONAL GAME Memory round 2 Group 5 – 6 persons Pointing Unwilling Frustration Purpose Value Discussion Observer Scissors Blackboard Patterns

2. Broken square exercise

ACTIVITY 2 : BROKEN SQUARE EXERCISE 5 persons do exercise; 6th person: observer One set of five envelopes with puzzle pieces Wait to open the envelope Your team has enough pieces to make five identical sized squares Team that first finishes wins the game

ACTIVITY 2 : BROKEN SQUARE EXERCISE  RULES Don’t speak. Don’t ask another for a piece or signal to give a piece. Don’t take a piece from another member. Don’t support another to put his/her puzzle together. Members may give their pieces to other members. They must simply hand the piece to another member.  

Debriefing

3. Team and team building

FEATURES OF EFFECTIVE CREATIVE TEAMS Participatory leadership Shared responsibility Aligned on purpose High communication Future focussed / Focussed on task Structures, roles and rules / Shared values Creative talents, skills and resources FEATURES OF EFFECTIVE CREATIVE TEAMS

SOCIAL SMALL GROUP SKILLS Tolerance or dissent Decision by consensus Constructive criticism Respect for feelings Positive interdependence Reflective on group processing

EVOLUTION OF TEAMS: FIRST PATTERN Performing teams Groups Collection of individuals

EVOLUTION OF TEAMS: SECOND PATTERN Undeveloped team Experimenting team Consolidating team Mature team

CONCLUDING WORDS ON TEAM DEVELOPMENT Ways to increase the cohesion of a team Structuring cooperation among members Successfully meet the personal needs of members Maintaining a high level of trust among members Promoting norms that encourage the expression of individuality, trusting and trustworthy behaviour and concern and affection among members