Assignment task:
Challenges you've been facing with online higher education. number of group members (4) It should be between 6 and 9 pages and responses should be numbered with headers (e.g., 1. Nature of Task Group).
Nature of Task group (1/2 page)
- Was it for the assignments only? Personal and professional concerns of members? Both?
- How were decisions reached in your task group?
- What was the extent to which the group was able to complete its assigned tasks?
- What factors facilitated and/or hindered the group in this process?
Stages of group development (1½ pages to 2 pages)
- Thinking of the stages of group development including: pre-group, initial, transition, working, final, and post group, briefly describe each of these stages and to the extent to which your task group fit the common characteristics of each stage.
- How representative was your group role-play (in which you facilitated) of that stage of group development (i.e., initial, working, and/or final stages)? Please explain.
Role of theory (1 page)
- How did theory inform your work with your task group and/or role-play assignment?
- Were there similarities or differences with other group members' approaches? How did it contribute to the group process?
Group norms (1/2 page to 1 page)
- How did formal group norms play a role in your task group? Please explain.
- How did informal norms play a role in your task group? Please explain.
- Choose at least one essential norm that you would establish in a future task group. Why?
Group roles (1/2 page to 1 page)
- Please describe a pattern of group roles that emerged in your task group.
- Briefly evaluate your role in the group (if any room for improvement, where?)
Leadership qualities: (1/2 page)
Corey described 7 group leadership qualities in which their presence or absence can facilitate or inhibit the group process (i.e., presence, personal power, willingness to confront oneself, sincerity and authenticity, sense of identity, belief in the group process and enthusiasm, and inventiveness and creativity.
- Which personal characteristics are your strengths and/or areas for improvement?
- Briefly describe how you can build upon the areas in which you need to improve.
Strategies and skills (1/2 page to 1 page)
- Please describe three group leadership skills that you most actively demonstrated during the task or role group experience.
- Please describe three group leadership skills you feel the least comfortable using and how can you learn to increase your comfort using them.
- What were three group exercises used by the group that were effective? (or would have been effective if used)? Why?
Human rights, social and economic justice (1/4 page to 1/2 page)
- Draw any parallels between your group experiences during the role plays and issues of human rights, social and economic justice.
Diversity and the strengths perspective (1/4 page to 1/2 page)
- Briefly discuss how your knowledge about diversity and the strengths perspective was applied in the group experience. Describe the strengths of one of the members in your role play.
Ethics (1/4 page to 1/2 page)
- Were there any ethical challenges or experiences that could have lead to an ethical dilemma during any of the role plays or task group meetings?
- What was the dilemma? How was it resolved?
- How did you feel when this occurred, were you facilitating the group or were you a group member? Please explain.
- Thinking of the role play that you facilitated, what professional ethics and values guided your work? Choose at least two examples of how you considered social work ethics during your role play
- Briefly describe how you would apply strategies of ethical reasoning if you had to continue to meet with the group.
Post group issues (1/4 page to 1/2 page)
If you had to say a sentence or two to what the group meant to you, how would you respond?
What are some major things that you learned about yourself as a person, and how this is likely to influence your work as a group counselor?
Briefly summarize your learning based on your pre and post group evaluations.
Recommend at least two ways this course and/or assignment could have increased your learning further.