Open AccessDeveloping teamwork skills in a course on ore deposits
Author(s) -
Abigail Barker
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
mineralogia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.152
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 1899-8291
pISSN - 1899-8526
DOI - 10.2478/mipo-2021-0005
Subject(s) - teamwork , task (project management) , interpersonal communication , work (physics) , psychology , process (computing) , medical education , mathematics education , engineering , knowledge management , computer science , political science , medicine , social psychology , systems engineering , mechanical engineering , law , operating system
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.