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Balve, Patrick; Krüger, Volker; Tolstrup Sørensen, Lene – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2017
Problem-based learning (PBL) has proven to be highly effective for educating students in an active and self-motivated manner in various disciplines. Student projects carried out following PBL principles are very dynamic and carry a high level of uncertainty, both conditions under which agile project management approaches are assumed to be highly…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Student Projects, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
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Silva, Pujitha; Woodman, Karen; Taji, Acram; Travelyan, James; Samani, Shamim; Sharda, Hema; Narayanaswamy, Ramesh; Lucey, Anthony; Sahama, Tony; Yarlagadda, Prasad K. D. V. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2016
A survey was conducted across three Australian universities to identify the types and format of support services available for higher degree research (HDR, or MA and Ph.D.) students. The services were classified with regards to availability, location and accessibility. A comparative tool was developed to help institutions categorise their services…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Support Services, Student Personnel Services, Graduate Students
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Sabag, Nissim; Trotskovsky, Elena; Waks, Shlomo – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2014
This article describes examples of reflection documented in a longitudinal research comprising two studies: a three-year three-stage study on technology project-based learning (TPBL) and a three-year two-stage study on engineering thinking (ET). Both studies used qualitative tools such as interviews, active observations, and document analysis.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reflection, Longitudinal Studies, Qualitative Research
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Zhou, Chunfang – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2012
In order to foster creative engineers, a creativity training programme was carried out in medialogy education in a Problem and Project-Based Learning (PBL) environment at Aalborg University, Denmark. This paper focuses on the question of how engineering students perceive the strategy of integrating creativity training into a PBL curriculum. A…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Problem Based Learning, Student Attitudes, Engineering Education
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van Hattum-Janssen, N.; Mesquita, D. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2011
This study explores the perceptions of teachers with regard to professional skills in project-led engineering education experiences for first year engineering students at the University of Minho, Portugal. Their perception on which professional skills to include, how to develop these skills and how to assess them is studied through six…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Interviews, Engineering, Foreign Countries
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Jollands, Margaret; Jolly, Lesley; Molyneaux, Tom – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2012
This paper explores what work readiness means for two cohorts of graduate engineers, one from a traditional curriculum, the second from a largely project-based curriculum. Professional bodies and employers have defined a set of attributes for engineering graduates so that graduates will be "work ready". Problem-based learning (PBL) is…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Problem Based Learning, Graduates, Active Learning
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Molyneaux, Tom; Setunge, Sujeeva; Gravina, Rebecca; Xie, Mike – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2007
In the modern working environment it is essential for a structural engineer to have an understanding of abstract concepts in structural behaviour and an ability to use them qualitatively. This paper presents the findings of a study on how effectively students acquire such conceptual understanding within a new project/design focused degree course.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Laboratories, Academic Achievement, College Freshmen
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Lima, Rui M.; Carvalho, Dinis; Flores, Maria Assuncao; Van Hattum-Janssen, Natascha – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2007
This paper explores the extent to which students and teachers are able to acknowledge the strengths and weaknesses of a shift in the approach to teaching and learning from a traditional, teacher-centred perspective towards project- and learner-centred education. It reports on a case study aimed at exploring students' and teachers' perceptions of a…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Education Courses, Engineering, Teaching Methods