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TEACHING
TIPS: How to develop students' teamwork skills
Identifying team roles
Ask students to discuss how best they learn and how best they work in
teams.
An effective team usually includes a mix of team roles.
| BELBIN Team- Role Type | Contributions | Allowable Weaknesses |
|---|---|---|
| Plant |
Creative, imaginative, unorthodox. Solves difficult problems. |
Ignores incidentals. Too preoccupied to communicate effectively. |
| Co-ordinator |
Mature, confident, a good chairperson. Clarifies goals, promotes decision-making, delegates well. |
Can often be seen as manipulative. Off loads personal work. |
| Monitor-evaluator |
Sober, strategic and discerning. Sees all options. Judges accurately. |
Lacks drive and ability to inspire others. |
| Implementer |
Disciplined, reliable, conservative and efficient. Turns ideas into practical actions. |
Somewhat inflexible. Slow to respond to new possibilities. |
| Completer-finisher |
Painstaking, conscientious, anxious. Searches out errors and omissions. Delivers on time. |
Inclined to worry unduly. Reluctant to delegate. |
| Resource-investigator |
Extrovert, enthusiastic, communicative. Explores opportunities. Develops contacts. |
Over-optimistic. Loses interest once initial enthusiasm has passed |
| Shaper |
Challenging, dynamic, thrives on pressure. The drive and courage to overcome obstacles. |
Prone to provocation. Offends people's feelings |
| Teamworker |
Co-operative, mild, perceptive and diplomatic. Listens, builds, averts friction. |
Indecisive in crunch situations. |
| Specialist |
Single-minded, self-starting, dedicated. Provides knowledge and skills in rare supply. |
Contributes only on a narrow front. Dwells on technicalities. |
Belbin team-roles: Retrieved from the World Wide Web on 23 October, 2006.
http://www.belbin.com/belbin-team-roles.htm
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