Team Working : University Foundation Study Course Book Paperback

Transferable Academic Skills Kit: Module 4: Team-WorkingThe Garnet Education Transferable Academic Skill Kit was short-listed for the Duke of Edinburgh English Speaking Union English Language Book Award in 2008. TASK is a flexible learning resource that has been carefully designed to develop the key transferable skills that promote students' success in university and college study.

Whether you are a student or a teacher, the TASK series provides a tried and tested teaching and learning tool suitable for a broad range of academic disciplines. A series of supported exercises relates theory to practice and provides students with the tools to develop a framework of skills that can then be used in a wide range of contexts both inside and outside the academic world. TASK can be followed as a complete course or individual modules can be selected to address specific needs. Created by members of the academic staff of the International Foundation Programme at the University of Reading, TASK forms a part of the university's skills provision for home and international students at all levels. Key FeaturesTeaches students about the different skills and roles involved in teamworkExplores the benefits and problems of teamworkExamines verbal and non-verbal strategiesConsiders the differences in culture and interaction patternsConsiders how strategies and techniques can encourage and discourage effective teamworkTeaches students about the benefits of collaborative studyAlso available as a boxed set of all twelve modules.