Assignment
This internship is a backstage experience of education at our university: An important aspect of good teaching lies in developing high-quality learning materials. One of the more complex learning outcomes is students transferring theoretical knowledge to active application in other contexts. This internship both requires that skill, and its purpose is to invite this transfer in prospective students, too. Are you up for this challenge?
The Psychology programme of the UT uses project-based learning in the bachelor. Students work together in small groups, consisting of people with different (cultural) backgrounds and motivations.
A lot of the theories you learn(ed) about in GDI are applicable to these collaborative groups, including intragroup conflict.
Since it is important to not only focus on content, but also manage the process of such groups, we would like to develop a gamified experience that challenges the theoretic knowledge and starts conversation between students from a team. Therefore, the student(s) working on this project will develop an escape room. In collaboration, we will decide what type of challenges you will include in the rooms. You will have quite some freedom in the design of the room, puzzles and materials.
This internship requires you to be creative, yet aware of the context you are designing for. The educational objectives should always be prioritised, and the means should serve those. Therefore, the game should invite the team to transfer theoretical knowledge on group dynamics to applying on themselves, be doable for first-time players, portable to set up in different classrooms, and finished in max. 45 minutes.
KEYWORDS
Education; Group dynamics; Conflict interventions; Escape room.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION ORGANIZATION
The section Psychology of Conflict, Risk and Safety at the University of Twente has a distinctive and unique profile in the areas of risk perception and risk communication, conflict and crisis management and the antecedents of risky, antisocial and criminal behaviour. It currently includes 15 research staff members and 6 PhD students. We work from both a psychology and an engineering perspective and cooperate with other scientific disciplines, based on the “high tech, human touch” profile of the University of Twente.
AVAILABILITY
Available in block 2A. This internship is open for 2 students. However, you might get linked to students working on another internship with this supervisor.
INTERESTED?
Please contact the PCRS internship coordinator Miriam Oostinga (m.s.d.oostinga@utwente.nl).