Fostering Teamwork through Design Thinking: Evidence from a Multi-Actor Perspective

Autor/inn/en	Guaman-Quintanilla, Sharon; Everaert, Patricia; Chiluiza, Katherine; Valcke, Martin
Titel	Fostering Teamwork through Design Thinking: Evidence from a Multi-Actor Perspective
Quelle	In: Education Sciences, 12 (2022), Artikel 279 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Guaman-Quintanilla, Sharon) ORCID (Everaert, Patricia) ORCID (Valcke, Martin)
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Teamwork; Design; Thinking Skills; Teaching Methods; Higher Education; Intervention; Undergraduate Students; Facilitators (Individuals); Comparative Analysis; Skill Development; Scoring Rubrics; Interdisciplinary Approach; Problem Solving; Peer Evaluation; Gender Differences; Cooperative Learning; Foreign Countries; Ecuador + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Denkfähigkeit; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Scoring formulas; Auswertungsbogen; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Problemlösen; Geschlechterkonflikt; Kooperatives Lernen; Ausland
Abstract	This study examines the effects of a design thinking intervention on first-year students' teamwork skills from a multi-actor perspective. A design thinking course was evaluated throughout a semester. Six-hundred-and-forty university students participated, guided by twenty-six facilitators. The students received in-class training and worked in multi-disciplinary teams to develop a solution for a real-life problem. In this quasi-experimental study, data were collected twice: in the middle (t1), and at the end (t2) of the course. Each time, students were rated by their teammates, themselves, and the course facilitator, using a rubric to map teamwork skills. The results show a significant improvement in teamwork skills, as consistently observed in the three ratings. The results also show a significant effect of sex on the improvement over time. Female students showed more considerable progress than male students. This study addresses researchers' demands regarding the lack of robust evidence to assess the impact of design thinking in higher education settings. Furthermore, building on the data from a large sample size and an intervention designed in a replicable way, this study contributes to the available empirical evidence that helps one to adopt and implement design thinking in universities to develop essential skills, such as teamwork. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01