Embibe Experts Solutions for Exercise 1: Exercise 1

Imagine you plan a field excursion for class IX students. You ask the learners to volunteer, lead and plan group activities for the excursion. However, on the day of the excursion you notice that very few students took active part in planning and leading group based activities. The students who took initiative favoured their friends and disregarded other participants while conducting group based activities.  Which of the following options will you select to enable elements of good leadership amongst your students? 

I. Encourage all students to participate in the activities and acknowledge the work of each person.
II. Focus on resolving the issues of the students and motivate them to create a safe environment. 
III. Encourage few students to take active leadership and ask others to create a separate space.
IV. Divide the students into two groups of active and inactive participants. 

Imagine you are conducting a group activity where you divide the class into two groups. Group A and Group B, you ask the students of each group to choose a student representative for their respective groups. Learners choose high scoring students as the representative of the groups. During group activities you realise that the leaders of both the groups engage in an unhealthy competition with each other.

 As an educator, how will you inculcate the purpose of leadership amongst your students? 

I. Suspend the activity and punish the students for indulging in an unhealthy competition. 
II. Conduct team building activities that focus on achieving tasks effectively and building relationships with the team. 
III. Reward them for building a competitive environment.

Which of the following statements specifies the basic elements of a responsibility skill?

Responsibility skills include demonstrating integrity and ethical behaviour by the students towards building a safe classroom environment. 

Responsibility skills help the student begin a task independently. 

Which of the following statement (s) correctly describes the basic elements of leadership?

 I. A good leader identifies collective and individual goals. 
II. A good leader encourages specific team members to achieve their goals.
III. A good leader acknowledges the work of all team members.
IV. A good leader is reluctant to resolve conflicts and issues. 

Using interpersonal skills to help others solve problems and improve performance is one of the basic elements of leadership. 

Which of the following statement describes the purpose of leadership?