The university system should incorporate team work as a component when grading a student, which is a major hurdle for many graduates when they come out into the working world. All of a sudden, life does not just evolve around academic grades but also having to deal with people of all sorts of characters. And because different people contribute differently to a team, everytime i take on a new project, it brings on a whol new different experience altogether.
Working with Elaine and Nic has not only been enjoyable but also easy. I have worked in teams when team mates refuse to cooperate and not contribute to the team, resulting in the rest of the team having to bear the extra work load; not the most pleasant experience. However, during the course of this project work, Elaine and Nic have been the most cooperative group mates i can ever ask for, for which i am thankful. Not only were they punctual when having to complete their tasks, it was also pretty well done. This made the whole process very easy and smooth. Calling for group meetings were also simple.
I think what made this group so successful was the fact that all of us shared the same goal: To finish the project ASAP and to do it well. Personally, a group is not successful because it has very intelligent or capable group mates. Rather, i feel that the most important thing about working as a group is that the people in it must have the same goal. It is only when they have the same goal that they are able to all contribute positively to the experience of working in that group and drive the group in the correct direction.
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Hi Eugene, having read and responded to 38 posts so far, you are the first person who said that calling for group meetings was "simple"! Practically all the groups have complained about different schedules and the difficulty of arranging for meetings.
I'm glad that you had wonderful group members and as a result this whole new experience was an “enjoyable” one for you.
Regarding making teamwork an examinable component, I guess there are always pros and cons. Definitely, the MOE has recognised the importance of teamwork and that's why project work is now a compulsory component for JC students, one that will be added into the computation of the final score for entry into university, right? Well, it might not be long before they decide to do something similar at the university level.
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