Group Project Reflection
Is very uncommon, at least for me, to take
a class in which almost every day you had to work with the same people. This
group project experience was my first one. I had to work in many occasions with
a group but never with the same people the whole semester. When the group
project was mentioned I was not comfortable with it because I have had many bad
experiences working in groups. I don’t like that much working in groups,
sometimes people don’t take their roles seriously and severely affect the
purpose of working as a group.
But my experience in this group project was a good
and open one. I could rate it, out of a maximum of 10, with an eight. This
project brought me some benefits that I couldn’t have in an individual way. At
the moment of creating an opinion or a point of view I could hear other
perspectives and take them in consideration to create my own opinion. The fact
that I could communicate with them to ask them something or to help me, was a
good advantage of working in a group. Also, this group project made the
students relate with one another, it had a social impact. It makes you talk
with others and it developed the confidence to speak and argue in English.
I remember that when we were reading and
talking about Malcom X, we had to choose one point or insight of the text and
search more information and explain it. When we started talking about our
search and notes we were having a great discussion about our learnings. It was
very cool to freely have group conversation acquiring more knowledge and
relating insights with others. I really learned so much with that activity, I
remember Rubie, one of my group members, explained me the reason of the “X” in
the last name of Malcom. The reason was that he thoughted that the black people
didn’t have to carried with the last name of her owner or a white man. Also, I
remember Diego talking with me about the black Muslim orthodox. This activity
experience shows me that a healthy discussion or debate could be very useful.
The group project gives different kind of
aspects, it is an interdisciplinary one. This project is influenced by
different kinds of aspects and facts that affects the understanding of many
things. The combination of different minds will surely result a great variety
of thoughts and interpretations. Like I said before, hearing my group peer’s
opinion I could take in consideration many facts that I can’t see at first
glance. This helped me to see the things from another angle. It is something
that we must do in our daily to make better decisions and to have a better
understanding. I’m sure that I have influenced so much in the understanding of
my group peers because I was always the one who brought a rare or uncommon
point of view, at least in my perception.
Work cited
Pittmann,
Cynthia. Class Assignment Group Project Reflection. UPRRP February 2018.
It was a pleasure to work with you Hanexi! I have the same view of the group projects because I really don't like them but working with our group was a great experience and I appreciate how communicative we were with each other.
ReplyDeleteThe synergy of the group was great! We made many assignments as group but also on doubts regarding individual assignments, the group helped. A clear example of the great bonding of the group
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