The Team Boat Exercise: Enhancing Team Communication Midsemester

Abstract

In his classic piece “Hello, Bird, I’m Learning Ornithology,” Rotfeld (1998) characterizes the use of classroom teams as follows: In reality, the way most faculty run (group) projects teaches ... the ability to work in groups the way talking with an exotic bird teaches ornithology. ... Group projects are many but few faculty assigning them give attention to improving student speaking, writing, or group interactions. The classes do not teach these things except by contagion and therein lies the real problem.

Keywords: Team exercise, team communications

JEL Classification: M1