Thursday, 15 November 2007

Alpha animal

We would like to choose the topic “roles in the school” for our presentation. Especially we will concentrate on the student roles within a class, for example which positions the different characters have in the class and how they work together.
We try to present these different role-situations in a film presentation.

Angelika, Eva & Michaela

3 comments:

sol haring said...

That sound interesting! I would be interested to hear about problems in class settings, who gets in/excluded; who gets ignored; who needs special attention?
I see a two way strategy here: you try to reflect on your own identity as students but also on your identity as future professionals (eg.lecturers, trainers, teachers).
Another thought that hit me: what exactly defines these different characters and how can we prevent that teachers push students in this typical roles?

evap said...

thanks for your comment.

that´s write, that there could be a two way strategy.

But I thought more about structure like this:

generally, what structures exist in a group and what influence this structures. (size, age,....)

which characters have which position and

how do they feel in a special position

can they also change position?

do / can the teacher influence the position of each student- if yes - how?

Is the teacher also influenced by the role a student has in class - concearning attention, marks,..

what effect has the role, a student has in class, for his/her further life? (this might be the most difficult part).

Are these too much point to work on?? Whould I better concentrate on just one ore two?
Should the work be quite scientific or more my own experiences and opinions of the topic or both??

I am looking forward to your answer

EVA

sol haring said...

I think these general thoughts on group dynamics are very interesting and relevant. I am sure that this will be good material to put into film. To look at the effect of group experiences in class for a students' future life could be your key question...maybe it is not a question you will be able to answer completely... but you will definitely be able to discuss it! got team go!