Teaching as a Profession: Collaboration with Colleagues

In your current academic career at METU NCC, what has been your experience in collaborating with your peers? Have you benefited in any ways similar to Ann and Jenerra? What are your current strengths and weaknesses in terms of collaboration? What can you do to develop your collaborating skills? How will you transfer what you know about being a collaborator to your teaching career? Where will you begin?

 What is collaboration? 

      Working as a group is important while making assessments and people learn from their friends. Sometimes, people cannot deal with some problems and they need to somebody’ help. I have worked many people in my courses. We have many peer and group activities and assessments. However, I do not like making assessments with people who do not take responsibilities. I like studying alone and I am perfectionist. I am very disciplined and well-planned person so I can deal with something alone. Actually, I do not have introverted characteristic but sometimes I cannot stand people’ unnecessary excuse. If you want to be educator or teacher, you should make your assessments in time.

      Moreover, working with people has some benefits. For example as I said, you can learn new things from your friends and you can improve yourself. In addition, your workforce will be decreased. In the video, speaker mentions that different voices lend to a better outcomes. Discussion each other and reaching new ideas can be enjoyful. You can see your missing points from your friends and you can fill them.

      Collaborate learning is important for students to improve their ideas and knowledge so I want to learn new things about in this area. How can students improve themselves with this type of learning and how can it affect their learning?