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12                    Exercises relating to group work

Case Studies

Case Study 1.

Most of the group you are working with are active, having taken up your invitation to participate and question me.  Two people still need to be included in what is going on. One person merely seems quiet, whilst the other seems actively resistant to participating, slouching and avoiding eye contact. 

What technique or techniques would you use in this situation, and why?

Case Study 2.

          At the start of one of your sessions, one of the people in the group starts to read a newspaper during your introduction. 

What would you do in this situation, and why?  What factors need to be considered when deciding what to do?

Case Study 3.

          One of your more outward-going participants makes disparaging comments about black people and homosexuals as contributions to your discussion of an issue. 

What sort of response would be appropriate?  Give your reasons?

Questions.

1.   Identify team roles of the participants within one of your group sessions and describe the behaviours that lead you to ascribe these roles to them.  (They do not need to have all eight).

2.   Describe examples of at least three types of power  within guidance groups. Where possible, these should be drawn from your own work in groups.

3.     Give an example where you have dealt with an equal opportunities issue within group work.

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