Thursday, March 7, 2013

Tuckman's Stages of Group Development


Clip 1 – Coach Carter – Norming
The team works to a common goal. Players have to give up what they might want to support each other and the team as a whole.

Clip 2 – Aladdin – Adjourning
I want to be mad at Casey for spoiling Aladdin for me, but I think it might be my own fault for going 19 years without ever seeing it. Anyway, this clip shows adjourning because the group members have reached their goal and part ways.

Clip 3 – Remember The Titans – Storming
This clip shows the competition, tension, and lack of cooperation within the team, representing the storming stage.

Clip 4 – Finding Nemo – Performing
Finally, a movie I’ve seen. But to be fair, I’ve seen it enough times to make up for all the others I haven’t seen. The fish pull together finally accomplish what they’ve been working at for the better part of the movie: getting Nemo back into the ocean. This clip is an especially interesting example because the group has to spring into action quickly without a plan.

So what’s left? The first stage, forming.


This clip shows the formation of Jack’s new crew in Pirates of the Caribbean. While we haven’t learned much about them yet, we know that everyone on the deck has chosen to be there and agreed to be a part of whatever Jack and Will are setting out to accomplish. This clip isn’t quite a perfect example of forming, but I chose it because the crew goes through the full five stages of development over the course of the movie, and we can see the storming beginning to take place at the end this snippet.

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