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First Year Initiative
How to Play an Active Role in Seminars
Read your lecture notes and any reading you have been given to do such as references from the lecturer or seminar tutor.
- Jot down any points you are not sure of or questions you would like to put to the other members of the seminar group or tutor.
- Don't be afraid to asking questions if you don't understand something - the seminar tutor is there to clear up any points from the lecture you are not sure of.
- Encourage your fellow students to get involved - show enthusiasm!
- Preparing for seminars will help you get much more out of them - so even if you are not doing a paper it is wise to prepare!
Group work
- If you do group work be an active member - employers highly value someone who can work as part of a team.
- Avoid the feeling of competition - the point of group work is to co-operate.
- Group dynamics - working as a groups will bring better results.
- Don't leave all the work up to the other members of the group - this will make you unpopular and you won't learn nearly as much as you would playing an active role.
- If the group is task driven and every member has a part to play it will make for better results.
- Rotate the leadership - if someone is better on one topic than another make them the leader - also rotate the spokesperson - give everyone a go at putting the group's results to the rest of the seminar.
- Don't be afraid of putting suggestions to the seminar tutor as to how seminars should be conducted - they will welcome suggestions - it's a joint venture!
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