A Systematic Literature Review of Teamwork Pedagogy in Higher Education

Teamwork pedagogy has received considerable attention across a wide range of academic literature. Yet employers continue to argue that universities need to do more to better prepare graduates to work in team-based environments. Grounded in the social constructivist paradigm, this article uses a two-...

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Main Authors: Riebe, L., Girardi, A., Whitsed, Craig
Format: Journal Article
Published: Sage Publications, Inc 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/66777
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description Teamwork pedagogy has received considerable attention across a wide range of academic literature. Yet employers continue to argue that universities need to do more to better prepare graduates to work in team-based environments. Grounded in the social constructivist paradigm, this article uses a two-phase systematic literature review methodology to explore the conditions and influences affording or constraining teamwork pedagogy. A complementary thematic analysis of the articles revealed two broad themes: pedagogy and transaction costs. In almost all 57 articles, a range of factors influencing teamwork pedagogy were elaborated. Temporal, fiscal, and human resource transaction costs were identified as constraints in the application of teamwork pedagogy. An overlap of educator, student, and institutional factors are discussed as contributing to the transaction costs of implementing process-oriented teamwork pedagogy. However, the interdependent interactions among educators and students, within and across institutions, remained largely underexplored and are presented as part of a future research agenda.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-667772018-07-30T23:39:09Z A Systematic Literature Review of Teamwork Pedagogy in Higher Education Riebe, L. Girardi, A. Whitsed, Craig Teamwork pedagogy has received considerable attention across a wide range of academic literature. Yet employers continue to argue that universities need to do more to better prepare graduates to work in team-based environments. Grounded in the social constructivist paradigm, this article uses a two-phase systematic literature review methodology to explore the conditions and influences affording or constraining teamwork pedagogy. A complementary thematic analysis of the articles revealed two broad themes: pedagogy and transaction costs. In almost all 57 articles, a range of factors influencing teamwork pedagogy were elaborated. Temporal, fiscal, and human resource transaction costs were identified as constraints in the application of teamwork pedagogy. An overlap of educator, student, and institutional factors are discussed as contributing to the transaction costs of implementing process-oriented teamwork pedagogy. However, the interdependent interactions among educators and students, within and across institutions, remained largely underexplored and are presented as part of a future research agenda. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/66777 10.1177/1046496416665221 Sage Publications, Inc restricted
spellingShingle Riebe, L.
Girardi, A.
Whitsed, Craig
A Systematic Literature Review of Teamwork Pedagogy in Higher Education
title A Systematic Literature Review of Teamwork Pedagogy in Higher Education
title_full A Systematic Literature Review of Teamwork Pedagogy in Higher Education
title_fullStr A Systematic Literature Review of Teamwork Pedagogy in Higher Education
title_full_unstemmed A Systematic Literature Review of Teamwork Pedagogy in Higher Education
title_short A Systematic Literature Review of Teamwork Pedagogy in Higher Education
title_sort systematic literature review of teamwork pedagogy in higher education
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/66777