As the semester draws to a close, I reluctantly write my final paper for my favorite class of my first ever semester here at George Mason University. For this paper I will discus how my peers and I worked together through out the Deliberative Dialogue project. I’m going to use the Tuckman Model of Group Development because I believe I saw my group transition through these stages more prominently. The Forming Stage, or Stage #1, began the day we got our group assignments and were allowed to get together for the first time. Paul went up and randomly selected our topic. Since we all already knew each other and were pretty familiar and comfortable we didn’t really have to waste time introducing or getting to know one another. Spending almost
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Ultimately we weren’t a very organized group when it came to saying who was doing what exactly but that didn’t hurt us. We just sort of shelved off roles as they came up. In the beginning Isaac, Paul and Matt did research while Husna and I led a discussion on how to lay the project out. We also commented on what we felt were good points to cover from each article or website that the boys found. No one was ordered to do anything in our group; we all were great about stepping up and volunteering. That’s mainly because I think we all enjoyed this type of work and were interested in the topic once we began digging. Isaac volunteered to write up the business letter on his own and Matt put together the basic slide show while we all talked about how to go about the skit. I felt like our group was able to work very effectively together. Everyone was very considerate. For example, for the skit, we had to use/drink milk. But since I am lactose intolerant I was unable to drink it. The whole group was concerned if I could even be around milk incase it was a severe allergy. Obviously that’s not the case but I felt content knowing they were considering things that I had never discussed with them before. Everyone was really good about contributing his or her opinions and work. No one stood out to be too quiet or too bossy. There was no level of nonparticipation from
Ultimately we weren’t a very organized group when it came to saying who was doing what exactly but that didn’t hurt us. We just sort of shelved off roles as they came up. In the beginning Isaac, Paul and Matt did research while Husna and I led a discussion on how to lay the project out. We also commented on what we felt were good points to cover from each article or website that the boys found. No one was ordered to do anything in our group; we all were great about stepping up and volunteering. That’s mainly because I think we all enjoyed this type of work and were interested in the topic once we began digging. Isaac volunteered to write up the business letter on his own and Matt put together the basic slide show while we all talked about how to go about the skit. I felt like our group was able to work very effectively together. Everyone was very considerate. For example, for the skit, we had to use/drink milk. But since I am lactose intolerant I was unable to drink it. The whole group was concerned if I could even be around milk incase it was a severe allergy. Obviously that’s not the case but I felt content knowing they were considering things that I had never discussed with them before. Everyone was really good about contributing his or her opinions and work. No one stood out to be too quiet or too bossy. There was no level of nonparticipation from