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Re: Keeping an Eye on the Big Picture

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Originally Posted by ttldomination View Post
I'm curious about how you would reply to people who would say that this method fails to engage students at a higher level? That is to say that if a mentor is managing the big picture, it robs students from getting a chance to weigh into major decisions.

For some teams that operate on the principal of "student built; student designed," the aforementioned structure seems to challenge the very foundations of some teams.

- Sunny G.
I'm curious of this also. In my opinion, the ideal setup would not be one person, but instead, it would be a small group of 2-4 people including a mentor. This way, the team gets the experience of the mentor while still being student driven. Just my opinion though; I have never been part of a top performing team so my thoughts are a little less significant I suppose.

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