Collaboration by design

Teamwork is taught, practised and assessed.

CIRC projects make collaboration explicit. Students learn how to organise technical work, resolve uncertainty, communicate across disciplines and remain individually accountable.

International students collaborating on a robotics project
Team-Based Learning · CIRC project-based learning

Defined roles

Agile routines

Peer feedback

Individual accountability

CIRC team model

A repeatable operating system for student teams

01

Form the team

Teachers use strengths, interests and access needs to build balanced teams and assign an initial mission charter.

02

Run the project

Short stand-ups, visible task boards, design reviews and test evidence keep progress transparent.

03

Learn from the work

Retrospectives, peer critique and role rotation help students name what effective collaboration looks like.

Transferable capabilities

Beyond the robot

01

Communication

Students explain complex choices to technical and non-technical audiences using evidence, diagrams and demonstrations.

02

Project leadership

Learners manage dependencies, negotiate trade-offs and decide when to ask for specialist support.

03

Inclusive contribution

Multiple valued roles ensure that coding confidence is not the only route to meaningful participation.

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