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Team-skills training and real-time facilitation as a means for developing student teachers’ learning of collaboration

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: This mixed-methods study investigates whether and how team-skills training and real-time facilitation can enhance students' learning of collaboration. Two hundred and fifty-seven student teachers carried out a group task at two different levels of intervention. The findings show that the intervention had a positive impact on the students’ perceived learning outcomes and on stimulating group reflection. We also identified four enabling structures of the task design. The study contributes to literature on how collaborative learning activities in higher education can be facilitated and argues that cultivating a language around the subject of collaboration is a prerequisite for developing transferrable collaborative skills.

Source: Teaching and Teacher Education

DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2021.103477

Authors: Ela Sjølie, Alex Strømme, Juliette Boks-Vlemmix

Institution: Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Language: English

Topic: Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $1,730