Collaboration is essential to students’ learning! Having kids work together promotes cooperation, builds social-emotional skills, and gets them engaged in active learning. Group work, on the other hand, tends to come with challenges....

Work that's dictated by a fixed schedule, place and job description doesn't make sense anymore, says leadership expert Debbie Lovich. In light of the cultural shift towards remote work sparked by the pandemic, Lovich gives three...

In this video, Allegra the ant teaches us about the importance of cooperation and working together as a team to achieve common goals. Through examples of how ants collaborate in their colonies, we learn that every job is important and...

If you've ever been part of a huge crowd, like at a sporting event, you've probably seen people clap, sing, and chant together in sync. How do big groups of individuals all manage to do the same thing at the same time, even when there's...

Dr. Forrester talks about the value of cooperation and why working together in teams is a valuable skill to learn.

In this video, Allegra the Ant teaches us about the importance of cooperation and teamwork. Through a story about volleyball, we learn how a group of children came together to fix their worn-out court by organizing, seeking donations,...

Getting unmanned aircraft to fly in coordination with one another, while in the throes of hurricane force winds, is no easy feat. It calls for a lot of mathematical formulas, tricky steering algorithms and prototype testing. But,...

Some teachers say they try "group work" but then complain that it doesn't work. In reality, those students don't see the benefits of group work and don't have the skills to effectively work as a team. That's where the activities and...

Business school professor Amy Edmondson studies ""teaming,"" where people come together quickly (and often temporarily) to solve new, urgent or unusual problems. Recalling stories of teamwork on the fly, such as the incredible rescue of...

Whether it’s work inside the classroom, or play outside the classroom, conflicts can arise. It’s natural. This program helps viewers to learn the skills necessary to foster cooperation, collaboration and compromise in just about any...

Challenge your group with these great teamwork activities using the Challenge Tarps. These games are perfect for building cooperation, team building and problem solving skills. Purposeful fun with great outcomes and debriefing sessions.

The FlagHouse Catch & Balance Set is the perfect tool for teaching teamwork and communication skills. Work together with a partner to catch, throw and move with the balance nets and attached bands, great fun for everyone!

Co-ops date back almost 200 years, run by groups of people that work together to own and operate a company. What does it look like when this tried-and-true business model merges with the digital economy? Trebor Scholz introduces the...

Howard Rheingold talks about the coming world of collaboration, participatory media and collective action -- and how Wikipedia is really an outgrowth of our natural human instinct to work as a group.

What is altruism? Put simply, it's the wish that other people may be happy. And, says Matthieu Ricard, a happiness researcher and a Buddhist monk, altruism is also a great lens for making decisions, both for the short and long term, in...

At the age of seven, Sonia was already helping her teacher at school and teaching other girls in the street where she lived. Her vocation was again reinforced in adolescence, when she successfully mentored a classmate from South...

Dr. Tropp’s research focuses on expectations and outcomes of intergroup contact, identification with social groups, interpretations of intergroup relationships, and responses to prejudice and disadvantage. She received the 2012...

The video “Being Part of a Team” discusses the benefits of teamwork in sports and how learning to cooperate and have self-control can help in many areas of life.

Togetherness defines the collectivist rhythm of Indonesians’ lives. In Indonesian society, the role of the individual is subordinate to that of the group. Although development has brought many imported, impersonal elements of urban life...

Brazilians are often collectivist in orientation, which means they tend to focus on the group instead of the individual. Exactly how does this mind-set impact the workplace? Find out how workplace behavior is affected, from sharing...

Conflicts between elementary students can arise for many reasons including resources, needs, values and beliefs. In the classroom, on the playground or on the bus, these conflicts can many times escalate into a physical...

Sullen Inwood is the Director of Easton Country Day School.She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Communication Disorders/Learning Disabilities at Northwestern University and her Master’s in Education for Pre-K – 12 at Southern Connecticut....

Law enforcement leaders from the E.U. and U.S. set out the challenges of pursuing cybercriminals and state-sponsored hackers and their latest thinking on working with the private sector.

In this video, Raffi the Rabbit teaches the importance of unity and sticking together during difficult times. Through the story of Joab and his grandmother's flooded farm, Raffi shows how unity can bring people together to help and...