The "C" for collaboration: What?

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Collaboration: What

1. What is collaboration?

Collaboration (samenwerking) is the process of two or more people or organizations working together to complete a task or achieve a goal.

The action of working with someone to produce something 

2. Why is it important for your students to have collaboration skills?

Collaborative learning has been shown to not only:

•  develop higher-level thinking skills in students; 
• but boost their confidence and self-esteem as well. 
• Group projects can maximize educational experience by demonstrating the material, while improving social and interpersonal skills;
• Students learn how to work with various types of learners and develop their leadership skills.
  

When we work together, we create a better learning experience. Teacher collaboration positively impacts student achievement, and allows us as educators to explore new territory.

To summarize: Solve problems and improve critical thinking

3. What collaboration skills do your students still need to develop?

Trust, sharing, belonging, respect

Students still needs to develop:

1. Respond to failure

2.Accept criticism

3. Understand others feelings

4. Apologize.

5. Listen

6. Agree to disagree without taking it personal

7. Summarize

8. Criticize ideas not people

9. State feelings

10. Deal with fear

11. Take Responsibility

12. Understand others feelings

13. Accept compliment

14. Take responsibility

15. Negotiate