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Perceptions of Collaboration Amongst Novice Design Students
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Author(s): Philip Crowther (Queensland University of Technology, Australia), Andrew Scott (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)and Tom Allen (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
Copyright: 2017
Pages: 19
Source title:
Collaboration and Student Engagement in Design Education
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Richard Tucker (Deakin University, Australia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0726-0.ch006
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Abstract
This chapter presents a case study of a large common first year unit/subject in a major Australian university. The unit introduces students to the theory and practice of design through a learning environment that is brief and intense; being delivered in block mode over just four days, and being free of other academic commitments. Students choose from one of two concurrent environments, either a camping field trip or an on-campus alternative, and work in mixed discipline groups of six to nine students, on two sequential design projects. Participant survey and reflective journal data are used to analyse student perceptions of the learning activities and to establish the pedagogical success of learning about collaboration through the act of collaborating; specifically through a project-based design environment. The data supports the hypothesis that groups that emotionally engaged with collaboration and collaborated more effectively achieved higher academic grades.
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