Carmen García-Berdonés
ABSTRACT
The ability of working with others is a key generic competence. It is usually demanded by employers and is included in most of the Engineering Degree programme results. In addition, some decisions must be taken in order to integrate teamwork development in a curriculum. However, as with other non-specific competences, universal well-defined teamwork parameters are not available and taking proper decisions is not easy. In fact, some of these parameters depend on the context of the degree (specific discipline, beliefs of educators and students or available resources). Therefore, it would be a good practice to do some research on this context before taking decisions about the curriculum. This paper presents a qualitative approach for this kind of research carried out in a Telecommunication Engineering School. Ten educators were interviewed and the analysis of the obtained data allowed us to dig into certain characteristics of teamwork, like its definition, educator requirements to teach it or the reluctances of students and teachers to practise in that context. We have proposed some topics for future discussions that we hope can help to define the best way to develop this competence on degrees.
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