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I always just move from group
to group and stick my head into whatever is going on at each
table or each workstation and see what the process is.
Sometimes it's important to be there and correct the
process, give a little nudge in the right direction, if the
team is not using good group processes. If someone is
domineering, you may need to sort of nudge the person who is
supposed to be responsible for making sure everyone is
included, and saying, "You have to make sure everybody gets
a say in this." And also, if you're not there, you don't
know what's going on. So you really have to be aware of how
things are working. You've designed these structures [that]
you've given to the students, and now I think being there
and experiencing what the students are experiencing is very
important. So you can't just disengage. It feels awkward at
first. You feel like a fifth wheel or that you really don't
have a role. But remember-I forget which of the gurus it was
who said this-but "You're a guide on the side; you're not
the sage on the stage." But the guide on the side has got to
know what's going on, and so being there with the groups as
they're working and seeing what's happening is very
important.
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