So in this class I am currently taking, ESOC 211, we have been learning about group work and the different dynamics it may entail and/or require. There were a few things that made me think about not the groups we are put in, but as a class and university as a whole. As I was looking at the course material I was looking at the differences between planned groups, emergent groups, and circumstantial groups. Planned groups typically are what we have in this class. Each day we get together in groups that we form on our own because our professor requires us to. While we actually are all a part of an emergent group because we all go to this university and more specifically, we all take this class. By coming to this class every day we are a part of an emergent group because we are repeatedly interacting with the same subset of people. Then, by being in both of these groups we end up being in circumstantial groups, which is more of the specific groups that we are in. Every Tuesday and Thursday ...
Improvisation is truly unique in that you can I have no right or wrong answer. It also means that you have to agree with each other. I remember when I was playing a musical instrument I did some improvisation and I was decent at it. It was almost like a call and a response type of thing where we both had to be in the same scale and we just either make the notes sharp or flat. Improvisation is very fun to do and easy to do.
ReplyDeleteHey Bria, today in our E Society class we had an improv activity. The subject was how to organize your desk in a classroom setting. It was interesting to see how we had to think on the spot about the subject and say things that kept the conversation going. Before going up to do the improv I was hesitant because it was my first time ever doing it. Luckily with the help of my partner we got through the activity.
ReplyDeleteI agree that improv is an excellent demonstration of how groups are able to collaborate with one another to achieve an end result. Being able to take a situation and run with it is harder than it appears and it certainly takes practice for these individuals to collaborate with one another on topics that they are not familiar with. I enjoy improv because just as you referenced, there is no wrong answer, so there is room for the conversation to take interesting twists as it is carried on. It is a good example on how a variety of individuals are able to form group cohesion by similar interests.
ReplyDeleteHey, Bria! I agree with what you said on how improv is really interesting because I'm honestly in love with the idea in general. I just find it super fun and it's a pretty easy-going game that always lightens the mood. I find that in everyday life we are sort of improvising our actions when meeting and working with new people so it helps to be comfortable in yourself and to not be afraid to make mistakes because there aren't any in improv anyway. It's crazy that we sometime's don't realize that we are improvising or using Tuckman's 5 Stages of Group Development when we are doing things throughout our everyday lives so learning about how this can affect us in a great manner is nice to learn.
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