TY - JOUR
T1 - Factors shaping teamwork skills development in tertiary engineering education
T2 - a systematic literature review
AU - Kimpton, Callum
AU - Maynard, Nicoleta
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to extend our gratitude to the Faculty of Engineering and the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Monash University for their unwavering support and funding throughout the course of this research.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2024/5/24
Y1 - 2024/5/24
N2 - This systematic literature review forms the first part of a larger research project into teamwork skills development and aims to answer the following research question: What factors have been found to be significant to the development of teamwork skills in tertiary engineering courses? This was limited to tertiary engineering contexts and 59 papers were included in the final qualitative synthesis published between 2015 and 2022. Factors that were identified included planning, management, team-based factors, individual factors, project factors and time dependent factors that, through their dynamic interrelations, all contribute to what we conceive as teamwork skills development. Future research must focus on rich, nuanced and inclusive understandings of students at the individual level as well as the team level. To address modern challenges, engineering graduates must develop strong transversal skills related to teamwork, this review provides researchers and educators with a roadmap to advancing the body of teamwork research as well as developing the teamwork skills of engineering students.
AB - This systematic literature review forms the first part of a larger research project into teamwork skills development and aims to answer the following research question: What factors have been found to be significant to the development of teamwork skills in tertiary engineering courses? This was limited to tertiary engineering contexts and 59 papers were included in the final qualitative synthesis published between 2015 and 2022. Factors that were identified included planning, management, team-based factors, individual factors, project factors and time dependent factors that, through their dynamic interrelations, all contribute to what we conceive as teamwork skills development. Future research must focus on rich, nuanced and inclusive understandings of students at the individual level as well as the team level. To address modern challenges, engineering graduates must develop strong transversal skills related to teamwork, this review provides researchers and educators with a roadmap to advancing the body of teamwork research as well as developing the teamwork skills of engineering students.
KW - systematic literature review
KW - teaming
KW - Teamwork
KW - teamwork skills
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85193973962&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/03043797.2024.2357343
DO - 10.1080/03043797.2024.2357343
M3 - Review Article
AN - SCOPUS:85193973962
SN - 0304-3797
JO - European Journal of Engineering Education
JF - European Journal of Engineering Education
ER -