[Design and Technology] Re: team work U2 year 11.

[Steve Catanzariti]

I think Unit 2 is great. As a teacher, it is your job to motivate the
students and give them a reason to want to succeed in your subject. Some
need more motivation than others, but the team aspect of the unit can be
solved in many ways. I have found that by putting students of the same
level in a group works very well. They push each other along most of the
time but you also need to get them to allocate who is doing what in the
group at the start of the project so that each person has ownership of
certain components. No more than 2 in a group. I gave them all the same
work brief with constraints and considerations...design a
lamp/light....I made it into a design competition where students are
awarded a prize for the best folio and product -  voted by the class. I
have also got the students to present to the rest of the class, what
they have done so far at random intervals. This puts pressure on them to
actually do something so they don't look stupid in front of their peers-
embarrassment works.... I think by doing the folio in pairs, they are
able to complete it far quicker which means they have more time to
actually make and complete their product...
Steve Catanzariti
St. Joeys, Geelong

-----Original Message-----
From: destech-bounces at edulists.com.au
[mailto:destech-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Heather
Aeschlimann
Sent: Monday, 18 August 2008 12:37 PM
To: 'Design and Technology Teachers' Mailing List'
Subject: RE: [Design and Technology] Re: team work U2 year 11.

Hi
I do not like unit 2 as I find group work tends to reward the lazy
students
and over burden the better ones. My teams designed a set of furniture
and
each member makes their own piece out of the set. Still a lot to do in 1
semester.
Cheers, Heather 

-----Original Message-----
From: destech-bounces at edulists.com.au
[mailto:destech-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Frank Burgers
Sent: Friday, 15 August 2008 4:14 PM
To: Design and Technology Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: [Design and Technology] Re: team work U2 year 11.

Hello to all.

I'd be interested to hear feedback in regard to success or otherwise
with
the student design team work in Unit 2. Unfortunately I am at a small
school
and my clientel, nine of them, are not all terribly motivated to achieve
in
Design and Technology. In fact, out if the nine only one kid is genuinly
interested in the subject. I've put them in 3 teams; in one team none of
them wish to achieve; they are kept at school by their family against
their
wishes. Team 2 has medium capacity, they'll do their work if I insist
hard
enough and some of it is not too bad. Team 3; one kid wants to achieve,
one
kid couldn't care less and the other just wants to pass but is capable.
The
guy who wants to achieve feels he is being held back by the rest of his
team
who can't get their act together. I advised him to get into production
independendly and that I may have to give him extra credit considering
he
has done most of the work in his team. Are other teachers/schools
experiencing these sort of difficulties?

(Not to mention that this class runs in conjunction with a small (2
students) piggy back year 12 U3/4 class.)


Feed back appreciated.

Frank Burgers
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