Finally back on the PGCE course and it was interesting to note a change in dynamic in my learning set. Two things appeared to affect everybody's mood - a new lecturer and the post-assignment feeling that we were starting from the beginning again.
We had also lost a member of the group who had been a very lively contributor and I very much had the sense that the group was lashing out at our new tutor, who was probably unaware of some of the issues at least. This reminded me of Tuckman's forming: storming: norming: performing: adjourning model (businessballs 2009). Putting myself in the tutor's position, this is certainly something to factor into a first lesson, even if the group has worked together for a while and is reported as 'OK' by previous tutors.
Businessballs. (2009). Bruce Tuckman [online]. Accessed 14 January 2010 from http://www.businessballs.com/tuckmanformingstormingnormingperforming.htm
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