Working with students
Choose a teammate
Purpose
The purpose of this activity help students to realise that skills and personal qualities are important when working in teams. Students may need to first explore the difference between a personal quality and a skill.
Structure: small groups of 5–7
Duration: 60 minutes
Resources: copy of worksheet for each group
Instructions
- You may want to do some work first on the difference between a personal quality and a skill.
- Split the class into groups.
- Distribute the worksheets, and explain what is required in the task.
- Set a time limit for completing the task. Emphasise that the groups should cooperate to agree on the skills and personal qualities required.
- This activity can generate discussion on what's important for a job. It can also lead to discussion on how groups work together (or not!) to make shared decisions.
Variations
- After the groups have listed their personal qualities and skills, distribute some prepared descriptions of people that they must choose between.
- Vary the task the team has to do, such as survive on a desert island or organise a birthday party.
Key competencies
- Participating and contributing
Career management competencies
- Interact positively and effectively with others
- Make life- and career-enhancing decisions
Activity components
- Download the instructions and student worksheet (doc - 62Kb)
- Download the student worksheet (doc - 58Kb)
Adapted from Games for Social and Life Skills, Tim Bond, Hutchison, 1985
