PE-course Project Organised Learning (POL) Mm 3: Cross-cultural Team Building

1. PE-courseProject Organised Learning (POL)Mm 3: Cross-cultural Team Building Master of Science – Introductory Semester (E7 – Intro) Lecturer: Xiangyun Du Ass. teacher: Lars Peter Jensen E7 Intro - E03

2. Mm 3: Cross-cultural Team Building Learning outcome: After this mm you should be able to • Understand how cultural differences between group members may influence the team work in your project group • Reflect upon your own preferred learning style in order to improve your learning • Take into consideration differences in culture and learning styles in your team work E7 Intro - E03

3. Mm 3: Cross-cultural Team Building Programme: • Lecture I: Learning in a New Culture by Xiangyun • Introduction to group task • Group discussion on cultural differences • Poster presentation, group by group • Lecture II: On learning styles – test and follow-up E7 Intro - E03

4. Introduction to Group Task (1) Organisation: • Students divided into 5 groups with • As many different nationalities as possible. • Group task: Discuss one main area • Each student provide information about her/his own culture • … welcome to discuss other areas afterwards E7 Intro - E03

5. Introduction to Group Task (2) Main areas of discussion: • Face-to-face Communication • Timing and Meetings • Learning Environment • Teacher-student Relations • Value of Success and Failure E7 Intro - E03

6. Introduction to Group Task (3) Preparation: • Each group prepares a poster • The poster title is <Main area> • Poster organised according to cultures represented • Most important responses written in the poster Plenum presentation: • Each group has 10 minutes • Each student introduces another culture • 5 minutes for clarifying questions and comments. E7 Intro - E03

7. Lecture II: On Learning Styles E7 Intro - E03

8. On Learning Styles Overview: • WHAT is learning style? • WHY test learning style? • The test • Different learning styles E7 Intro - E03

9. WHAT is learning style? • A person’s way of taking in and processing information – and thereby learn. • Different persons have different learning styles. E7 Intro - E03

10. WHY test learning style? • To make you aware of how you learn • …and thereby improve your learning process • To enable the group to take into consideration the group members’ different learning styles • … and thereby improve your team work E7 Intro - E03

11. The learning styles test (1) • Circle "a" or "b" for every one of the 44 questions. E7 Intro - E03

12. The learning styles test (2) • Fill out the scoring sheet with a ’1’ for each of your answers. • Add ’1’s in column ’a’ and column ’b’ in each of the 4 fields. • Calculate the numerical difference between a-score and b-score and add an ’a’ or a ’b’ depending upon which is the larger sum. E7 Intro - E03

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14. The learning styles test (3) • Transfer your 4 preferences to the preference sheet which you keep yourself. • Each group member transfers her/his 4 preferences to the group preference sheet, as well as to the group acetate. • The scoring sheet is handed in to the lecturer. Remember to write name, sex and nationality. The group acetate is also handed in to the lecturer. E7 Intro - E03

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16. Different learning styles - 1 Sensing Learners • Concrete: facts and data • Focus on sensory input • Practical • Observant • Repetition Intuitive Learners • Abstract: theory and models • Focus on subconscious • Imaginative • Look for meanings • Variety E7 Intro - E03

17. Different learning styles - 2 Visual Learners • ‘Show me’ • Pictures • Diagrams • Sketches • Schematics • Flow charts Verbal learners • ‘Explain it to me’ • Spoken word • Written words E7 Intro - E03

18. Different learning styles - 3 Active Learners • ‘Let’s try it out’ • Process actively • Jump in prematurely • Like group work Reflective Learners • ‘Let’s think about it’ • Process introspectively • Work quietly • Slow in starting • Like solo or pair work E7 Intro - E03

19. Different learning styles - 4 Sequential Learners • Function with partial understanding • Steady progress • Explain easily • Analysis, details Global Learners • Need big picture to function • Initially slow, then major leaps • Can’t explain easily • Synthesis, systems-ecological thinking E7 Intro - E03

20. REMEMBER: • The test cannot be used to categorise people. • No learning style is better than another – they are simply different. • The more ways you are able to learn the better you learn. • Take into consideration differences in learning styles when cooperating. E7 Intro - E03

21. …and this was all for today – thank you for your attention! E7 Intro - E03