Research on team learning lacks studies addressing temporal and multilevel aspects of learning in teams, as well as insights into affective and socio-cognitive elements of relevant intrateam communication processes. The project at hand aims at closing these research gaps. Based on the integrative, systemic model of team learning it relates dynamic aspects of contextual factors to dynamics in team learning processes, shared mental models, and innovative work behaviour of innovation teams consisting of teachers in vocational education. By means of a cross-sectional and a longitudinal field study, which will be accompanied by a qualitative study combining observations and video analyses, the project at hand aims at clarifying the relationship between contextual factors and team learning processes, as well as the relationship between team learning processes, shared mental models, and innovative work behaviour of innovation teams in vocational schools. With vocational education, this project focuses on an underrepresented domain in research on team learning. Based on the results of the three studies it is planned that an intervention program will be developed in order to support vocational schools in fostering successful team learning and teamwork.
DFG Programme
Research Grants
International Connection
Belgium, Finland, Netherlands
