Interdisciplinary teamwork artefacts and practices: a typology for promoting successful teamwork in engineering education
Publication Date
1-1-2020
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Australasian Journal of Engineering Education
Volume
25
Issue
2
DOI
10.1080/22054952.2020.1836753
First Page
133
Last Page
141
Abstract
Professional organisations and engineering educators in Australia recognise that interdisciplinary teamwork skills are increasingly important for engineering graduates to develop. However, knowledge and resources for how best to develop those skills is underdeveloped. This article addresses that gap by introducing a new conceptual framework and typology for promoting successful interdisciplinary teamwork. The analysis is based upon several long-term ethnographic studies of interdisciplinary student teams. The conceptual framework is called Interdisciplinary Teamwork Artefacts and Practices (ITAP), and the six types of ITAPs are: (1) orienting, (2) operating, (3) levelling, (4) proposing, (5) aligning, and (6) structuring. This typology can be used to help instructors and students alike navigate the challenges of interdisciplinary teamwork while maximising interdisciplinary learning outcomes.
Funding Number
1929726
Funding Sponsor
National Science Foundation
Keywords
artefacts, ethnography, Interdisciplinary, shared mental model, teamwork
Department
General Engineering
Recommended Citation
Kacey Beddoes. "Interdisciplinary teamwork artefacts and practices: a typology for promoting successful teamwork in engineering education" Australasian Journal of Engineering Education (2020): 133-141. https://doi.org/10.1080/22054952.2020.1836753