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the purposes of this class, I believe that the Group Observation Project was
great! It helped me utilize the course objectives in a real-life setting of a
group. The group I chose, a boys competitive gymnastics team, showed me a lot
about communication studies, the behaviors of a group, etc. From this exercise
as well as the entirety of the class, I now look/observe groups and people in
my life to see why they say and do what they do, and to see if I can come up
with ways to improve it. I've taken the experience from this assignment and
applied it to everyday life situations for me. The obligation of viewing a
group outside was great. It gave me a chance to explore. I don't think that
there is anything that should be improved. Perhaps a one time interaction with
the group (but that contradicts the purpose of observing the group). I think
that interacting with the group can give the observer another perspective.
Hey there Jinnx!! Like you I chose to sports them to observe for the project and I have to say that it also held me utilize what I have learned over the course of the semester. It was a pretty interesting project as I saw a lot of things that I have not before. There were times when I wanted to tell the leaders how to lead more effectively, but I did not. I agree that being able to interact with the group will give the observer more perspective but I am glad we did not do so our observations was not bias. Anyways great post this week, and nice job over all this semester!
ReplyDeleteI as well thought that the Group Observation Project was great. It was not only fun to do, but I learned a lot from it! I liked how we were able to see firsthand different concepts take place. I observed a Service Learning Leadership class and saw so many different concepts that we had learned. So I do believe that this project was useful in learning about the concepts that read about. I as well look/observe groups and people in my life to see why they do and say the things they do, and try to come up with was to improve it. I think that I will always now look at groups differently and do things that will improve the group as a whole. Great post this week!
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