{"id":807,"date":"2018-08-13T05:32:46","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T05:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/educationexpress.uts.edu.au\/inspiringteaching\/?p=807"},"modified":"2018-08-13T05:32:46","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T05:32:46","slug":"scaffolding-collaboration-successful-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educationexpress.uts.edu.au\/inspiringteaching\/2018\/08\/13\/scaffolding-collaboration-successful-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Scaffolding Collaboration for Successful Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div id=\"x_x_divtagdefaultwrapper\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>While students are working hard during your project to learn and understand new knowledge, they are also learning a whole raft of other very important skills like collaboration, critical thinking and project management skills. Just like you might scaffold the learning in key knowledge areas, vital soft skills also need scaffolding to ensure are students work effectively and successfully. For students (and adults!) to effectively work together they\u00a0need to learn\u00a0what an &#8216;effective team&#8217; looks like.<\/p>\n<p>5 Tips to establish good collaboration in your classroom:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create a safe and trusting environment in your classroom. Create opportunities for students to share their thoughts, feelings and concerns with you and their peers in a non-judgemental environment.<\/li>\n<li>Set student generated group expectations. A great way to do this is to ask students what an effective or successful\u00a0group looks like, feels like and\u00a0sounds like.\u00a0Use a Y chart and\u00a0display it on the wall\u00a0somewhere in the room for all to see throughout the process.<\/li>\n<li>Set roles for students within their team to ensure all members are included and contribute to the end result. This can be empowering for students to feel they have a purpose.<\/li>\n<li>Have a discussion with students about what body language an effective group member might have while collaborating. A great way to demonstrate the importance of\u00a0body language\u00a0is through a fun game of charades!<\/li>\n<li>Model and discuss\u00a0active listening. Being a good listener benefits the listener and ensures all team members feel valued. You could teach this through an\u00a0icebreaker at the beginning of your project or lesson to allow students to get to know each other. 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