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Purpose of this Toolkit

The Toolkits developed by members of the Griffith Graduate Project are intended primarily for academic staff. They offer an overview of some of the main issues related to developing students’ graduate skills during their degree studies. They draw extensively on existing literature and current practice in universities around the world and include numerous references and links to useful web resources. They are not comprehensive ‘guides’ or ‘how to’ booklets. Rather, they incorporate the perspectives of academic staff, students, graduates and employers on the graduate skills adopted by Griffith University in its Strategic Plan, 2003-2007 in the Griffith Graduate Statement: http://www.griffith.edu.au/ua/aa/plans/docs/strategicplan2003-2007.pdf This Toolkit, Teamwork Skills, focuses on how you can help students with their speaking and presentation skills while studying at university. This toolkit, together with others in the series including:       Critical Evaluation; Information Literacy; Professional Skills; Problem-Solving; Oral Communication; and Written Communication;

can also be accessed on the Web at: http://www.griffith.edu.au/centre/gihe/griffith_graduate/home.html

Copyright: Griffith Institute for Higher Education, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Australia, 2004.

TEAMWORK Table of Contents

Why your students need teamwork skills................................................................... 1 Why your students need teamwork skills ........................................................................................ 1 Definition............................................................................................................................................. 1 What employers, graduates and students say about teamwork skills .................... 3 Employers’ comments........................................................................................................................ 3 Graduates’...