A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN

School of Architecture & Building, DEAKIN UNIVERSITY Centre for Environmental Safety and Risk Engineering, VICTORIA UNIVERSITY School of Architecture & Built Environment, UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE School of Architecture & Design, UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA

PROJECT UPDATE
The following items are complete or underway:

Associate Professor Richard Tucker Deakin University

A detailed book proposal on Teaching Teamwork in Design, including a full outline and a sample chapter, was prepared and submitted to five prospective publishers. A project Team Workshop was held in November. The project team and Reference Group members reviewed the Book Proposal and discussed the experiences of refined pilot units/case studies. A workshop on Assessing Teamwork was held as a part of Deakin Learning Conference, and focused on: (1) fair assessment, and (2) the need to assess both product and process of teamwork. A National Survey of Teamwork & Groupwork Teaching & Assessment Survey was made available to design educators in Australian Higher Education institutions. The teacher survey was designed to mirror the student survey so that direct comparisons could be made. Data from the two National Surveys was analysed and a report of initial findings was developed. The first draft of OLT Final Report was prepared and reviewed by the project team. Feedback and comments will be integrated into the final draft of the report in January 2014.

Dr. Neda Abbasi Deakin University

Professor Michael Ostwald

University of Newcastle

Professor Graham Thorpe

Victoria University

Professor Anthony Williams

University of Newcastle

Louise Wallis
University of Tasmania

To get involved or receive further information on the project, please contact: Project Principal Investigator, Associate Professor RICHARD TUCKER, Richard.tucker@deakin.edua.u Research Fellow & Project Manager, DR NEDA ABBASI, neda.abbasi@deakin.edu.au