Longitudinal teamwork measurement in Singapore Polytechnic: Initial steps and findings

Abstract

Teamwork skill is recognised by many governments and international agencies as an essential life skill and critical competency. In Singapore, teamwork is considered as a critical core skill by Skills Future SG and is reflected in MOE framework for 21st Century Competencies and Life skills Framework. In Singapore Polytechnic (SP), teamwork skill is identified as one of our graduate attributes. To holistically foster teamwork skill development, SP embarked on a poly wide educational teamwork research project in AY20/21. In this initial phase, the focus is on the systematic measurement of teamwork skill while the long term goal is to obtain psychometrically reliable and valid teamwork measurements to facilitate the development of teamwork skill in SP. This paper presents initial steps and findings of this longitudinal teamwork project.