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<p>Teamwork has distinct pedagogic advantages and is also an important transferable skill and the dominant mode of work graduates encounter in the workplace. However, students rarely become proficient in teamwork skills during their education. The goal was to test strategies to improve teamwork skills in a course on Ores deposits, MSc Earth Science, Uppsala University. A focus on team-work was established by presenting the collaborative practicals as a series of linked opportunities to work together, get feedback on the teamwork process and reflect on and evaluate the teamwork. During the collaborative PBL sessions sociograms were used to provide feedback. Criteria based evaluation was also used to evaluate task oriented and interpersonal skills. Sociograms and criteria based evaluation promoted behavioural changes that improved teamwork interactions.</p>
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Teamwork has distinct pedagogic advantages and is also an important transferable skill and the dominant mode of work graduates encounter in the workplace. However, students rarely become proficient in teamwork skills during their education. The goal was to test strategies to improve teamwork skills in a course on Ores deposits, MSc Earth Science, Uppsala University. A focus on team-work was established by presenting the collaborative practicals as a series of linked opportunities to work together, get feedback on the teamwork process and reflect on and evaluate the teamwork. During the collaborative PBL sessions sociograms were used to provide feedback. Criteria based evaluation was also used to evaluate task oriented and interpersonal skills. Sociograms and criteria based evaluation promoted behavioural changes that improved teamwork interactions.

Developing teamwork skills in a course on ore deposits

Mineralogia

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Teamwork has distinct pedagogic advantages and is also an important transferable skill and the dominant mode of work graduates encounter in the workplace....

Developing teamwork skills in a course on ore deposits

Published Online: Feb 18, 2022

Page range: 43 - 48

Received: Oct 14, 2021

Accepted: Feb 06, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mipo-2021-0005

Keywords
teamwork, collaborative learning, real-time feedback, criteria based evaluation

© 2021 Abigail K. Barker, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Developing teamwork skills in a course on ore deposits

Published Online: Feb 18, 2022

Page range: 43 - 48

Received: Oct 14, 2021

Accepted: Feb 06, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mipo-2021-0005

Keywordsteamwork, collaborative learning, real-time feedback, criteria based evaluation

© 2021 Abigail K. Barker, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
teamwork, collaborative learning, real-time feedback, criteria based evaluation