Chapter Four talks about the importance of building a collaborative culture. Connecting with others is important to grow and learn more. Nowadays, connecting with others is more important than ever. With these collaborations, it is also important to get people from other cultures and others that have different views than you. Though you may disagree, it is still important to get different views to think about all possibilities. "Changing values, norms, and beliefs may be necessary in order to support connected learning" (Nussbaum-Beach and Hall 58).
Later in the chapter, it reiterates establishing trust and collegiality in your bubble. Building trust is important to feel more comfortable and open with your new collaborative group. "In collegial relationships, connected educators share ideas and challenge each other's thinking" (Nussbaum-Beach and Hall 63). Reflecting on each other's thoughts and problem-solving is important to build trust and growing together as a group. This is often seen in schoolwork. Students put in group projects work together and bounce ideas off of each other. Often these collaborative groups work well and most students achieve good grades in group projects.
To wrap up the chapter, it focuses on creating a shared vision and the different stages of collaboration. The four stages of collaboration are forming, storming, norming, and performing. Forming is "... characterized by member reluctance toward openness, as trust has not been established yet" (Nussbaum-Beach and Hall 67). Storming is the part where the group disagrees with one another. Everyone gathers their own opinions and thoughts; this ends up in disagreement and frustration among the group. Norming is the realization when the group knows they have to get on the task at hand and forge ahead. This stage is the part where the group develops norms and operates as a whole. Finally, performing is the stage where the group focuses on achieving the group's designated goal. These four stages are the epitome of having a successful and collaborative group.
Collaborative groups are important to be a part of as they help people grow and learn more. Currently, I am unsure what I want to do when I'm older, but I'm leaning toward a business route at the moment. Being in the business field, it will be important for me to be a part of one of these collaborative groups. Connecting with colleagues and bouncing ideas off of each other will be essential to help whatever business I will be a part of to expand. Do you plan on joining any collaborative groups and if so, do you plan on joining an online group or an in-person group?
Hi Tyler,
ReplyDeleteI love hot you hit each point of covering the four stages of collaborating. It is similar to what I included in my blog as well. Leaning towards a business major and career, it would be very important for you to be optimistic and open to discussing various topics. Collaborating with your peers about deals and such would be very helpful and reading this chapter gives you an idea of the characteristics you will need to such things. I am going to have to do the same with my major as a physical therapist. I am going to need to collaborate with patients on treatment options, and with my peers about the best service we can offer. Great work!
Hey Tyler,
ReplyDeleteI agree that chapter 4 focuses on building a collaborative culture, and by interacting with others is a great way to grow and put yourself out there. By discussing other topics with others you will get maybe the same opinion on the topic or even a different opinion on the topic. By doing this you are growing with other people. I do this with my co workers, and I will need to do this in my future career. I love collaborating with my peers and the patients. Good Job.
Hello, Tyler!
ReplyDeleteI love your opening. I completely agree with your outlooks. I also love how you touch upon the piece of diversity, and how important it is. I also love hoe you touc apon being ocnnentec, it is so important especially in today's day and age. I also love how you tied in your idea of what you want it to do, and how this chapter allows you to utilize skills in order to allow the business to grow. Great touch, Tyler! What is your major currently and how does it influence what you would like to do?
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ReplyDeleteI feel like you summarized the chapter well here! I'd like to know a little more how this chapter could relate to your own future career. Overall, a great summary and it looks like you really understood the chapter well!
Hi Tyler. As someone who wants their future to be in business marketing, I could not agree more with the way you connected this chapter back to business. I also wrote a little bit about building trust and collaborative relationships in my blog because I knew it would come in handy for my future. Having a shared vision with the rest of your business team is very important. When everyone agrees with each other and has the same exact vision for the business, the business will progress that much quicker. As you said, connecting with colleagues and bouncing ideas off each other is an essential part of expanding a business. To answer your question, I think joining a collaborative group would be great for me and my future in marketing. How do you think joining a collaborative group could help you in regard to introducing yourself to the business community? Great job!
ReplyDeleteHey Tyler!
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job summarizing the chapter! Although you don’t know what you may want to do in the future, do you think any of the points in the chapter can be used in your everyday life?
Hi Tyler,
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job summarizing the most important points from this chapter. I like how you included the four different stages of collaboration and I think it is beyond interesting how different groups can work together once trust and respect is established first, for example from stage one to stage four. As a future teacher, I will likely be working in collaborative groups very often so it will come in handy to know there is basically a formula to collaborative success and that getting stuck is expected. I like connecting these stages to the saying "you can't have flowers without rain" and when my group of fellow teachers and I hit a roadblock or disagreement, being aware of the stages will help motivate me to power through it and be less likely to give up which is important.