Abstract
Recently, leaders of business and industry world generally require workers who are capable of working collaboratively to make their business a success. Unfortunately, various studies show that most high school students do not have the capacity to work collaboratively in solid teamwork. For this reason, high schools must develop the teamwork capacity of their students during the learning process. The present study was designed to examine the effectiveness of a collaborative teamwork learning model to improve the teamwork capacity of high school students. It was an experimental study with one group pretest-posttest design. The experiment was carried out in three high schools. They were SMA Negeri 1 Pontianak, SMA Negeri 1 Mempawah, and SMA Negeri 5 Singkawang. There were four aspects of the studentsâ teamwork capacity to develop. These aspects were sharing, collaboration, paying attention to the rights and welfare of others, and caring for others. The results of the study showed that the collaborative teamwork learning model was effective to improve the teamwork capacity of the students in three high schools. All of the investigated aspects got improved. They were categorized âhighâ, except the aspect of âpaying attention to the rights and welfare of othersâ. It was classified âmediumâ.
Highlights
The rate of technological development, the escalation of global competition, and the various forms of change that do so fast have resulted in dramatic changes in the economic and industrial fields in various developed and developing countries
It is difficult to answer such questions as ‘What learning strategy is conducive to facilitate high school students to develop their capacity to work collaboratively in teamwork?’ and ‘What steps of the learning process should be taken to have high school students accustomed to developing their capacity to work collaboratively in teamwork?’ This difficulty may be due to the learning process in high schools
On the other hand, the development of cooperation and interdependence can develop the ability to come at challenges, leadership, and management that are highly required when entering the world of work [5,6]. The efficacy of this collaborative teamwork model has been proven by Federal Express and Boeing Airlines when restructuring their company organizations - which had never been touched in the company's restructuring [3,7]
Summary
The rate of technological development, the escalation of global competition, and the various forms of change that do so fast have resulted in dramatic changes in the economic and industrial fields in various developed and developing countries. Claims that the entry-level capacity of workers today generally is of low critical thinking competency and poor collaborative working ability in teamwork [3] About this reason, collaborative work capacity must be developed during the learning process in high schools. On the other hand, the development of cooperation and interdependence can develop the ability to come at challenges, leadership, and management that are highly required when entering the world of work [5,6] The efficacy of this collaborative teamwork model has been proven by Federal Express and Boeing Airlines when restructuring their company organizations - which had never been touched in the company's restructuring [3,7]. The students would have good teamwork capacity that is very much needed when they enter the world of work and university
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