Why Develop Teamwork?
(A)To improve communication – For teambuilding to be effective everyone must be involved. By developing teamwork students will learn to encourage one another by talking and by listening to each other in order to solve a challenge. (B)To learn different roles – By working together in groups natural leaders and followers will emerge. Students put into new activities and into new positions will establish new roles and be able to experience new things. (C)To improve risk taking – When students have the support of a group around them they are more willing to take greater risks and to try new things. In short like the saying goes: the greater the risk, the greater the reward. Students will often develop more self confidence when they have the comfort of others behind them. (D)To develop a more positive class environment – When students have to work together to solve a common goal it can reinforce current friendships and develop a new respect for others. Teamwork can have a long lasting posit