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Collaborative Skills
FOR SMART TEENS

Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................................................4
Story 1 - 7
The Magic of Togetherness7
Activity: 16
Story 2 - 17
Positive Efforts Leads To Possibilities 17
Activity: 28
Story 3 - 29
Strive Hard and Cherish The Dream 29
Activity:- 38
Summary with Learning39
Activity:- 42

Collaborative Skills
Introduction
The most suitable definition of
collaboration is joining together to
make possible that which cannot be
accomplished alone.
That is, collaboration allows partners
to reach an aspiration that would be
impossible to achieve without each
member of the team working toward
the same end. It requires the partnership
and the commitment of all members
working toward a common goal
to succeed.
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So here the big questions generates that
why should you students collaborate?
In recent years the concept of learning
has been altered from an additive process
characterized by an individual’s acquisition
of knowledge to a socially-enabled
developmental process.
Collaboration is the social process
that supports the development of the
capabilities of the students in which they
learn to do without assistance things that
they could initially do only with assistance.
By collaborating, you can develop your
potential for learning. Specifically,
students can learn to approach and
solve new problems so that they develop
the capability to solve problems that
do not exist at the moment of learning.
Some possibilities are for students
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to collaborate on posing problems or
projects, solving problems or developing
projects, implementing solution or project
approaches, and evaluating outcomes.
Problems and projects can be variable in
size, e.g.: Instant ones, e.g., those requiring
15 minutes, the collaboration for which
could occur in class, Ones with several days
to several weeks’ duration, Ones with a
term-long horizon.
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Story 1 -
The Magic of Togetherness
This is the story of a young boy named
Samarjit, who lived in Delhi with his
parents and a younger sister Simran.
They had a well to do family with their own
flat and car in a posh area of the city.
Samarjit’s father Mr. Ashok Mehta had his
own well established business of leather.
He provided the best possible education
to both his children. But the siblings
were poles apart in studies, preferences,
behavior and sincerity.
Simran was an intelligent girl, good at
studies and extracurricular activities,
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obedient towards her parents and
teachers, had a calm and polite behavior
and sincere towards her duties and
responsibilities.
On the other hand Samarjit was very
opposite in each and every trait of his
character, though he had respect for his
parents but he never wanted to follow
the as guided by his parents. Sometimes
he was even arrogant and proud of his
parental background.
While Simran successfully passed her 12th
exams and got admission in a reputed
college to study medicines whereas
Samarjit was on the verge of passing his
graduation exams but he was still without
any ambition. He was a pleasure loving
young man and had the habit of telling lies
to his parents. He used to go out with his
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friends for parties, long drives and admired
to explore new places.
His views always clashed with his father.
Mr. Mehta wanted his son to be a renowned
engineer, self confident and self sufficient
but Samarjit was very reluctant and
irresponsible to all these ideals. He relied
completely on his father’s reputation.
Mr. Mehta had warned him several times
and explained the value of money and
education.
Every time he used to skip his classes and
roam around with friends paying no heed
to his father’s words. Unfortunately one
day while Samarjit was trying to sneak
out of his home by midnight, his father
caught him red-handed, rebuked him and
threatened to punish him. Samarjit grew
out to be so violent that he packed his
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ag and baggage and decided to leave his
father’s home. He believed that they were
keeping him in chains like a slave and gave
him no freedom to take his own decisions.
He was quite immature and unconscious of
the circumstances of the outer world.
Now, when he was on the streets all
alone he was puzzled to decide anything.
Suddenly the name of one of his good
friend came to his mind, Kabir, whom
he thought would be the right person to
support his views.
Kabir belonged to Lucknow, who lived in a
rented house with two other boys in Delhi
and worked as a part time writer for a
newspaper. He well managed his work and
studies together all alone.
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