Teamwork Ability Research Articles

TEACHING TEAMWORK TO ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS: THE IMPORTANCE OF SELF-REFLECTION AND ACKNOWLEDGING DIVERSITY IN TEAMS

Abstract – In their quest to find work-ready graduates, employers are increasingly prioritizing graduates with so-called transferable skills. These transferable skills include critical thinking and problem-solving skills, communication skills, and the ability to work in diverse teams. With the plethora of engineering education literature on the topic of developing undergraduates’ teamwork abilities, there are numerous suggestions and little consensus on the best way to develop these skills in engineering classrooms. This paper adds to this literature and provides an overview of group work workshops for first-year undergraduates. The hope for these workshops was to better equip students for future group work activities by providing them easy-to-remember teamwork tools that were first learned and practiced in low-stakes workshop environments. Following their participation in these workshops, students participated in focus groups and feedback demonstrated an appreciation for these workshops as well as the opportunity to self-reflect on their role as a team member. Further, there appeared to be a shift in the awareness and tolerance of the diversity found among group members, which demonstrates a potential area for further investigation. The authors conclude with a call for more research in order to better understand the role of teamwork as a means for developing tolerance toward diversity among first-year undergraduate students.

Peer-teaching: an important approach to train medical students' teaching ability

Students of clinical medicine are the main reserve forces of clinicians, soit is necessary to train medical students' teaching ability at undergraduate level. As one of the important methods to improve the teaching ability of medical students, peer-teaching is widely used in foreign medical colleges. Peer-teach-ing involves the teacher and learner who are both medical students. After independent learning, the students served as teachers take the form ofindividualor group teaching and formal or informal teaching to teach the learners. Peer-teaching improves the students' self-learning ability, stimulates the enthusiasm of learning, and cultivates the students' teamwork ability, so it is worthy of being a reference for domestic medical colleges. Key words: Peer-teaching; Medical students; Teaching

Analysis of the Ways of Comprehensive Learning in Chinese Teaching in Primary Schools

In order to improve the practicality and comprehensiveness of the teaching of Chinese subjects, the new concept of was put forward in the eighth curriculum reform. In the process of Chinese teaching, students' interest is mainly promoted. Through comprehensive learning activities, the primary school students' innovative spirit and teamwork ability are cultivated to further improve the teaching situation of primary school Chinese. This paper probes into the key points of comprehensive learning in primary school Chinese teaching and the ways of comprehensive learning in primary school Chinese teaching to achieve effective guidance for primary school students.

Effect of Learning Organization on Organizational Communication and Organizational Creativity in High-Tech Industry

In face of the rapidly changing economic environment, the competitive advantages on which high-Tech Industry used to depend for the development are disappearing. The value of high-Tech Industry no longer depends on the possession of plants, equipment, and products, but on the intellectual property, customer confidence, and teamwork ability of business partners, infrastructure of telecommunications, and employees’ creative potential and skills. How to construct the environment climate, in high-Tech Industry, for employees being happy to work, creating knowledge, learning, communicating and sharing as well as to guide employees’ goals being consistent with organizational objectives to continuously contribute to the organization is the motivation of this study. Aiming at supervisors and employees of manufacturers in Weihai Torch Hi-Tech Science Park in Shandong Province, total 500 copies of questionnaire are distributed in this study. 376 valid copies are retrieved, with the retrieval rate 75%. The research results conclude that 1.learning organization presents positive and significant effects on organizational communication, 2.organizational communication reveals positive and remarkable effects on organizational creativity, and 3.learning organization shows positive effects on organizational creativity. According to the results, conclusion and suggestion are proposed, expecting to help high-Tech Industry become learning organizations and promote organizational communication and organizational creativity.

Innovative Organization of Project Activity of Construction Students

The construction industry competitiveness depends on its equipping with information modeling technologies. This requires training and development of human resources. The advantages of BIM-technologies are considered. The requirements for the specialists capable of promoting information modeling technologies in the construction industry are discussed. For a wide application of BIM-technologies, the problem of training personnel with a new thinking must be solved. When preparing graduates of the major “Construction”, it is necessary to introduce innovative educational technologies aimed at building the students’ ability for team work, competences in the field of modern information and communication technologies, as well as design skills basing on spatial modeling. Graphic training is the first discipline of the professional orientation for construction students. In the context of training it is important to create such learning environment that is close to a professional one. The paper provides the examples of practice-oriented assignments based on the project method in the course of students’ independent work.

Pengaruh LMX dan teamwork terhadap kinerja karyawan di PT XYZ

An organization consists of many or several people. A leader is required to direct, instruct, be a place to ask questions, and be an example for subordinates. A leader is an essential element in an organization. According to LMX theory, a leader shows a more inclusive and communicative attitude toward certain members only. The LMX theory emphasizes the quality of relationships between leaders and members in the organization. Organization has a variety of processes that require the parties to work together to achieve goals. The company assigns working teams for higher effectiveness can be achieved by teamwork. Teamwork can improve employee performance and has a positive influence on all dimensions of employee performance. This research observes the employees−superiors interaction level, teamwork level, and performance based on LMX−teamwork variables. Using the quantitative method and Likert scale questionnaire unto 82 samples of 103 populations. The result shows that: [1] LMX concepts were applied in the company; [2] the lack of teamwork within the company; [3] the ability of LMX and teamwork to affect performance is 53.1%; [4] LMX’s coefficient value of 0.730 indicates a positive relationship between LMX and performance; teamwork’s coefficient value of -0.004 indicates a negative relationship toward performance; [5] LMX has a significant effect on performance; teamwork does not affect performance; LMX and teamwork altogether have a significant influence on performance.

Application of the team-based learning combined with situational simulation model in standardization training of psychiatric nurses

Objective To discuss the implementation effects of the team-based learning combined with situational simulation in the standardized training in psychiatric. Methods A total of 70 psychiatric nurses in the standard training period from June to August 2015 were randomly divided into control group and experimental group, 35 respectively. Nurses in the control group received traditional teaching mode, while nurses in the experimental group used the teaching mode of the team-based learning combined with situational simulation. After the training, the theoretical knowledge, the comprehensive ability of emergency response, and the ability of team work of nurse in two groups were evaluated. Results After 6 months of standardized training, the scores of theoretical knowledge (87.13±7.50) and comprehensive ability of emergency response (95.57±4.19) of nurses in the experimental group were significantly higher than those in the control group (t=8.52, 7.81; P<0.01) . The scores of different dimensions of team work ability were (6.58±2.11) of gregariousness, (5.16±2.65) of antorhythmicity, (4.73±2.18) of belongingness and (5.84±1.87) of valuable, which were significantly better than those in the control group (t=-3.36, -6.55, -5.89, -4.51; P<0.05) . Conclusions The team-based learning combined with situational simulation model not only increases the knowledge level and comprehensive ability of emergency of nurses, but also improves the team work ability, which can enrich the forms and contents in psychiatric standardized training. Key words: Nurses; Team-based learning; Situational simulation; Clinical practice; Psychiatric

Application of clinical cases related problem-based-learning in critical care medical education

Objective To evaluate the application of clinical cases related problem-based-learning (PBL) method in critical care medical standardized resident training program. Methods 84 residents were randomly divided into experimental group (n=42) and control group (n=42) by lottery way. The experimental group received PBL process during clinical case analysis while the control group learned completely through traditional teaching method. The residents' clinical competence were assessed by multiple scale mixed method including question bank examination (QBE), case-based discussion (CBD), direct observation of procedural skills (DOPS), simulation etc, and Likert-type scale questionnaire was used to evaluate the feedback of training residents. SPSS 17.0 was used to do line t test to the data of both groups. Results Finally 84 residents finished the study. There were no difference in the general conditions in two groups. The PBL group achieved higher examination score during QBE [(80.26±8.89) vs. (86.10±9.32)], CBD [(84.83±5.43) vs. (75.36±6.06)], DOPS [(88.81±6.68) vs. (82.70±6.98)], simulation [(79.86±10.09) vs. (72.71±9.30)]. Except two groups residents all gave high scores in enhancing cross connection in clinical knowledge [(4.786±0.470) vs. (4.571±0.859), P=0.16], and the questionnaire results showed that the resi-dents of PBL group gave higher points in exciting autonomous learning, improving clin-ical analysis ability, accelerating clinical thinking establish, developing independent thinking habits, improving the clinical communication skills and teamwork ability (P<0.05). Conclusion The clinical cases related PBL method can improve the training effects during critical care medical standardized resident training program. It can be used broadly after adapting modification in critical care medical education. Key words: Problem-based learning; Intensive care medicine; Standardized resident training program; Clinical competence assessment; Students' feedback

The application of flipped classroom based on WeChat and TBL in the teaching of nutrition and food hygiene

There were some shortcomings for traditional teaching mode of nutrition and food hygiene course, such as many teaching contents and little teaching time, students much passively learning and little active learning. We explored the combination of the WeChat and the TBL teaching to conduct the flipped classroom to solve the deficiency. The teaching pattern was conducted in 60 students majoring in preventive medicine from Grade 2012. The learning task of nutrition and food hygiene was released on the WeChat before the class. Students learned knowledge in the form of discussion based on case in the class. After the class, the discussion, answer the question and test were conducted on the WeChat. The survey showed that 85% of the students were satisfied with teaching pattern, especially satisfied with its role of broadening students' knowledge and vision, improving their autonomous learning ability, teamwork ability, and their ability to analyze and solve problems. Key words: WeChat; Team-based learning; Flipped classroom; Nutrition and food hygiene

THE EFFECTS OF COOPERATIVE LEARNING MODEL GROUP INVESTIGATION TOWARD TEAMWORK ABILITY AND LEARNING OUTCOMES ON STUDENTS PHYSICS

This study aims: 1) to determine differences in science process skills of students with This study aims to determine: teamwork ability of students with cooperative learning model of type of group investigation and the ability to work with students with conventional learning, the effect of cooperative learning model of group investigation on learning outcomes of students in learning physics., correlation between the ability of teamwork and learning outcomes students. This research uses type of quasi-experimental with two group pretest-posttest design. The study population was standard X SMA.Negeri 1 Langsa.The sample of this research were the students of X.10 as experiment group and X.9 as control group that established by purpossive sampling. The instruments used consist of observation sheets of teamwork and essay test of learning outcomes. The data were analyzed using parametric t-test analysis. The results showed that: The teamwork ability of students who are taught by cooperative learning model type group investigation better than students taught by conventional teaching in physics learning, cooperative learning model of type of group investigation has effect on student learning outcomes. Learning outcomes of students taught by cooperative learning model of type of group investigation better than on learning outcomes for students who taught by conventional learning, and there is a correlation between the teamwork ability with student learning outcomes.

The effect of personality traits on undergraduate dental students' performance in multiple mini interviews.

BackgroundMultiple mini interviews (MMI) is a structured student selection method where applicants rotate around a series of stations that do not require previously learned knowledge. The Big Five Inventory (BFI) is a tool often used to measure personality traits commonly used in applicant selection.ObjectiveThe aim of the current study was to assess the effect of personality traits using the BFI on undergraduate dental students’ performance in MMI.MethodsThis research was conducted at The Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. All undergraduates applying to the dental program at King Abdulaziz University, Faculty of Dentistry (KAUFD) in two academic years [(2014–2015) and (2015–2016)] undertook the MMI held at KAUFD and completed the BFI inventory with a total number of 350 students. The MMI consisted of five stations while the BFI contained forty-four items. Data were analysed by SPSS version 20, using independent-samples t-test, Mann-Whitney U test, Spearman’s rho correlation coefficient and Chi-square test.Resultsfemale students scored higher than their male counterparts but scores were only significant in the empathy station (p<0.001) in the first year, and in both empathetic skills and team work abilities (p<0.05) in the second. BFI results indicate that male students scored higher on agreeableness (p<0.003) and lower on neuroticism (p<0.001) in the first year while female students scored higher on agreeableness and conscientiousness (p<0.001) in the second year. Students of private schools had higher total MMI scores compared to those of public schools (p<0.05).ConclusionMMI combined with the Big Five Inventory can be a useful tool in the admission process.

Practice and evaluation of team-based learning in teaching of practice lesson of"aerospace nutri-tion and food hygiene"

Objective To explore the feasibility of team-based learning (TBL) for practice teaching of the aerospace nutrition and food hygiene. Methods A total of 90 students were investigated, and were di-vided into the TBL group (n=46) and the TL group (n=44) by simple random sampling. After the experi-ment teaching, a test and questionnaire were used to compare the teaching effect of TBL group and TL group. SPSS 18.0 was used for date and the data was analyzed by Independent-Samples t test and Chi-square test. Re-sults Students in TBL group achieved higher mean test scores (85.70±3.47) compared with students (74.10±2.41) in TL group and the difference was statistically significant (t=8.703, P=0.000). The results of the questionnaire showed that, compared with the TL group, TBL group students more agreed with the posi-tive impact of the teaching methods on their team work ability, interpersonal skills, communication ability, problem-solving and self-learning and other aspects, and the differences between two groups were statistical-ly significant (P<0.05). In addition, the majority of the respondents in TBL group [93.5% (43/46)] were satis-fied with TBL. Conclusions TBL teaching is better than the TL teaching, and it can significantly improve students' comprehension of knowledge and enhance their learning effect. Key words: Team-based learning; Aerospace nutrition and food hygiene; Teaching for interns

The attitudes of final year medical and pharmacy students to interprofessional learning in Iraq

Background: Interprofessional learning (IPL) is considered as the gold standard strategy to improve health-care teamwork. The IPL will help the students to improve their knowledge and professional attitudes. The advantages of IPL depend on the readiness of health-care students to learn with others. Aims and Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the attitudes of pharmacy and medical students toward IPL in Iraq. Materials and Methods: The readiness for IPL scale questionnaire was applied to evaluate the readiness of the students towards IPL. It was distributed to medical and pharmacy students in Iraqi universities. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 20 (SPSS) software was used to save and analyze the data. Chi-square test was performed to assess differences between groups. Results: From 165, 149 students returned the questionnaire; the response rate was 90.3%. The majority of students revealed positive attitudes toward IPL. The IPL was reported to have a positive effect on patient care and professional working relationships. However, the two groups differed: Pharmacy students indicated more strongly that an outcome of IPL would be a more effective team working and better ability to understand clinical problems. Medical students were less sure that IPL will improve their positive thinking about others, and saw doctors as the predominant in health-care system. Conclusions: Our findings demonstrated that medical and pharmacy students have favorable attitudes to IPL and willing to share knowledge with other health-care students to enhance the patient care and health-care services quality by encouraging teamwork and collaboration skills.

4-218 工学設計教育における発表能力とチームワーク能力 : 履修学年による能力向上の意識の比較((04)工学教育の個性化・活性化-III,口頭発表)

4-218 工学設計教育における発表能力とチームワーク能力 : 履修学年による能力向上の意識の比較((04)工学教育の個性化・活性化-III,口頭発表)

4-109 工学設計教育における発表能力とチームワーク能力 : 専門性の導入の能力向上に対する効果((06)工学教育の個性化・活性化-II,口頭発表論文)

4-109 工学設計教育における発表能力とチームワーク能力 : 専門性の導入の能力向上に対する効果((06)工学教育の個性化・活性化-II,口頭発表論文)

The Identification of Training Needs for Human Capital Quality Improvement in Poland – A Statistical Approach

Abstract The Ministry of Science and Higher Education has launched the Competency Development Programme in the form of additional financial means for activities to equip students with unique, the so-called soft skills necessary in scientific careers and on the labour market. Courses developing skills such as team work ability, leadership, creativity, independent thinking and innovative approach to problem solving will be financed. For that purpose, a thorough analysis of needs is necessary. Existing databases describing the quality of human capital in Poland should be analysed in order to identify those competencies that graduates of universities are missing. The arsenal of possible statistical tools applicable for that purpose covers a wide range of techniques, from the simplest methods of descriptive statistics to advanced multivariate statistical analysis. The study will attempt to identify the missing soft competences based on existing statistical data, e.g. Polish human capital database.

The identificiation of training needs for human capital quality improvement in Poland – a statistical approach

The Ministry of Science and Higher Education has launched the Competency Development Programme in the form of additional financial means for activities to equip students with unique, the so-called soft skills necessary in scientific careers and on the labour market. Courses developing skills such as team work ability, leadership, creativity, independent thinking and innovative approach to problem solving will be financed. For that purpose, a thorough analysis of needs is necessary. Existing databases describing the quality of human capital in Poland should be analysed in order to identify those competencies that graduates of universities are missing. The arsenal of possible statistical tools applicable for that purpose covers a wide range of techniques, from the simplest methods of descriptive statistics to advanced multivariate statistical analysis. The study will attempt to identify the missing soft competences based on existing statistical data, e.g. Polish human capital database.

Developing translational medicine professionals: the Marie Skłodowska-Curie action model

End goal of translational medicine is to combine disciplines and expertise to eventually promote improvement of the global healthcare system by delivering effective therapies to individuals and society. Well-trained experts of the translational medicine process endowed with profound knowledge of biomedical technology, ethical and clinical issues, as well as leadership and teamwork abilities are essential for the effective development of tangible therapeutic products for patients. In this article we focus on education and, in particular, we discuss how programs providing training on the broad spectrum of the translational medicine continuum have still a limited degree of diffusion and do not provide professional support and mentorship in the long-term, resulting in the lack of well established professionals of translational medicine (TMPs) in the scientific community. Here, we describe the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions program ITN-EUtrain (EUropean Translational tRaining for Autoimmunity & Immune manipulation Network) where training on the Translational Medicine machinery was integrated with education on professional and personal skills, mentoring, and a long-lasting network of TMPs.

Play- and dramatherapy - complementary techniques for rehabilitation of children with cochlear implant

The present interactive research-action-training project, looking at the young cochlear-implanted subjects from a multidisciplinary holistic perspective, was based on the theory on psychosocial development of human beings, the attachment theory, language development theories and the concept of resilience. The integrative approach suggests two creative therapeutic styles (play- and dramatherapy) as means of intervention of neuro-dramatic play. The study starts from the hypothesis that creative therapies will help young children wearing cochlear implants at social integration in the peer groups of normal-hearing children and teenagers. This integrative approach will facilitate developement of teamwork abilities by improving their self-esteem and self-image. We included children and their families in an assisted resilience process with expert paticipation in the field of social and political development of Romanian non-guvernamental organisations. Material and method. The research-action-training project targets 3-18-year-old deaf children and teenagers wearing cochlear implants or hearing aids. The study considered a group of 72 deaf children and teenagers, as well as 49 normal-hearing subjects of similar ages, who were observed during the whole therapeutic program. Specific techniques were: painting, drawing, modelling, sand, miniatures, sensorial and corporal plays, role play, improvisation, body movement, music, dance, mimic and masks. The professional teams (psychologists, dramatherapists, educators, medical assistants, students at the school of play- and dramatherapy, film directors) who worked with and supervised these children and teenagers during the whole project (whose coordinator was helped by 12 volunteers) assured a secured and relaxed atmosphere, observing rules which did not restrict young subjects’ freedom of expression. Results. The positive results show the necessity to implement creative therapies during the auditory-verbal rehabilitation of the young deaf subjects. 42% (of the young subjects) improved their body movements, 27% acquired better projection strategies, 67% ameliorated their ability of interpreting a role, and 72% got pro-risk scores. The results are accompanied by significant images shot during the program activities. Conclusions. Parallelling the audio-verbal therapy, the play- and dramatherapy are important complementary remedial treatments in stimulating the means of expression and communication of children and teenagers wearing cochlear implants.

Evaluating the success of markerspace in a public library

Purpose Arising from the modern IT-driven society, libraries in Estonia face tremendous challenges. They are no longer viewed as collection facilities but rather as knowledge enhancers and creators. Libraries carry a significant potential to make a greater impact on communities by enabling informal ways of learning new skills and technologies. This paper aims to evaluate a pilot project at Narva Library MakerLab launched by the Narva City Government to motivate the citizens of Narva to learn new skills and improve their employment prospects. Design/methodology/approach The focus of the study was on understanding how a library makerspace makes an impact on users’ skills, knowledge and attitudes. Quantitative measures for indicators were designed to evaluate the new skills and knowledge that participants learn during the workshops. Semi-structured interviews aimed to show values, behaviour, perception and aims for the future. Findings As an outcome of the study, it was found that the MakerLab project was successful; the participants learned new skills, felt an increase in self-confidence and improved their teamwork abilities. Many users engaged with prototyping and initiated new projects. Originality/value Setting up a makerspace in a public library is a recent trend and not much research has been done in this area. The study aims to contribute to the knowledge of the impact of makerspaces in a library environment.