growing experience must stem from our ability to analyze and reflect upon the groups that we have been members of. This reflection can define our understanding of the weaknesses both in ourselves and in the others within our group, and it can help to shape the way that we act in future groups. Adjusting ourselves to compensate for our weaknesses, based upon an honest and thorough examination of our actions within a group setting, is one of the most important thing for any person to do. It is only
Reflection Paper and Group Assessment Throughout the time spent amongst my fellow partners, it has been interesting to see how we work together. We all have very different ideas of work ethic, commitment, and time management, but, regardless of these differences, we still came out with a product that I deem to be great. It can be difficult working with a group of people with the intention of creating a presentation that is ten to fifteen minutes long. Rehearsing, generating ideas that everyone agrees
For our eighth group session, we celebrated the ending of our group counseling session at Sushi King in Norfolk, Virginia. There were a few moments that left me in awe about myself, but two moments stood out the most for me. The first moment was during the fifth group session when were asked to identify things that stressed us and may be a barrier to accomplishing our goals. During this class session, I realized the bottled up resentment I still have towards my Father that could hinder me from growing
Participation in group discussions has been a weakness for me, but I have communicated with my PIE group everyday to discuss homework and exams. Although I was not a leader in the classroom, I did serve as leader in my tri-pie and I took initiative to talk to Mrs. McMillan about my speech and group. I believe I deserve a 90/100 in my communication and participation skills. With my tri-pie, I would remind them everyday for homework, projects, and exams. I would explain any questions they would
During the last group session, the group discussed the topic of the upcoming termination of the group therapy dynamic. There were two insights that were experienced and maybe a couple more during this last meeting. The first insight was when the group members were asked how they are feeling that the end of the sessions is on the horizon. The immediate reaction for myself was that I felt good and bad. The good was that this meant that the semester was coming to and end and my body and mind needs
Throughout this group process everyone had their leadership moments however, I noticed that it was extremely easy to veer off topic. I myself noticed when asking a question regarding our topic, it lead to another topic and so forth. Consequently, this lead us to talk about our own personal issues for the majority of the time allotted in class to work on the project. I also noticed how every time we were allotted class time we would find something else to talk about and then briefly discuss the actual
potential improvements. For instance, in my group, I take initiative several times even though sometimes I encourage other members to do so but not always succeed. Like in the Lego play exercise, after several minutes’ discussion when we got the assigned toy bricks, others were confused and expressed no idea, so I took the initiative to structure and present the story about an alumnus graduated from the University of Waikato. I demonstrated my concept to other group members and encouraged them to cooperate
A Reflection on Group Processes and Dynamics Working within a group or team is unavoidable for most people. We are involved in sports teams, assignment groups, work teams, social groups and a variety of other groups and teams. Each of these groups share one thing in common, that is each requires us to communicate in some way in order to reach a shared goal or target. Therefore, it is imperative to know and understand how to work and communicate effectively with others to maximise outcomes and productivity
characteristics of effective groups. What are some of the characteristics of ineffective groups? There are a few key features common in a group regardless if it is an effective to ineffective group atmosphere, communication, leadership, decision making, and criticism. How these features are handled will in fact decide if a group is effective or ineffective. In an effective group the atmosphere is informal, engaging, relaxed, open, and comfortable. An ineffective group will be formal, disengaged
This essay is a reflection on my observation of how a group interacts with each other. The 12-step meeting I attended was Overeater’s Anonymous (OA). OA uses the same Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions as Alcoholics Anonymous, the words are changed from “alcoholic” to “compulsive overeater”. The meeting I went to had seven people in attendance even with this small of a group it was definitely a diverse group. All seven attendees were women whose ages ranged from a young college student to an