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Infusing the teamwork innovation my groupwork buddy in schools: Enablers and impediments
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Book chapter
Citation
Koh, E. R., Tan, J. P.-L., Hong, H., Divya Suresh, & Tee, Y.-H. (2021). Infusing the teamwork innovation my groupwork buddy in schools: Enablers and impediments. In E. R. Koh & D. W. L. Hung (Eds.), Scaling up ICT-based innovations in schools: The Singapore experience (pp. 151-171). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4469-6_8
Abstract
Teamwork is an important twenty-first-century competency to be nurtured in our young. In this eduLab Information and Communications Technology (ICT) innovation, My Groupwork Buddy (MGB), a techno-pedagogical system, was developed using design-based research for secondary school students in collaborative inquiry projects from any subject domain. Co-designed with a team of researchers, teachers and education officers, MGB aimed to nurture teamwork competency through its blended pedagogical framework, formative assessment measures and a web-based learning analytics system. The innovation was successfully trialled over two and a half years in two schools, across two subjects, and used by 12 teachers and over 200 students. This chapter will examine the enablers and impediments of infusing the innovation from the design team’s perspective. Insights of key conditions for the innovation to take root, and its possible infusion in the school system will be discussed. Practical implications for practice and policy will also be described in light of MGB’s journey in Singapore’s educational context.
Date Issued
2021
ISBN
9789811644719 (print)
9789811644696 (online)
Publisher
Springer