Planning intercultural group work in engineering education : the importance of a multilevel approach

Despite this, the teacher perspective has largely been overlooked in IGW research. This qualitative study takes a multilevel approach to the planning of IGW at two European universities, focusing on the teachers.

Data sources include interviews with programme and course managers and documentation from international to course level. The results high- light the extent to which multilevel learning outcomes and teacher pur- poses for group work influence the planning of IGW, exemplified through choices around group forming, facilitation and assessment. A conceptual framework has been developed, highlighting the dynamic interplay between context and group work planning, and emphasizing the impor- tance of both the structural setting and human interactions.