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Bente Nørgaard; Juebei Chen; Carla Kornelia Smink; Aida Guerra; Xiangyun Du – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2024
This study explored engineering educators' perspectives on their professional learning in a pedagogical development programme with the ultimate goal of achieving educational change in African countries through the adoption of PBL methodology. This study was based on a three-year-long programme organised by a Danish university through an Erasmus…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Engineering Education, Teacher Education, Teacher Attitudes
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Moliner, Lidón; Cabedo, Luis; Royo, Marta; Gámez-Pérez, Jose; Lopez-Crespo, Pablo; Segarra, Mercè; Guraya, Teresa – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2019
The new educational paradigm has led to a change in the teaching methodologies toward those more focused on the student, among these, project-based learning (PBL) is postulated as one of the most promising. This work is focused on the description of the experience of using PBL methodology in Materials Science courses, conducted by four different…
Descriptors: College Students, College Faculty, Problem Based Learning, Student Attitudes
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Beddoes, Kacey; Panther, Grace – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2018
Teamwork is increasingly seen as an important component of engineering education programmes. Yet, prior research has shown that there are numerous ways in which teamwork is gendered, and can lead to negative experiences for women students. This article presents the first interview findings on professors' perspectives on gender and teamwork.…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Teamwork, Engineering Education, College Faculty
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Chance, Shannon; Duffy, Gavin; Bowe, Brian – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2020
Convincing teachers to implement pedagogical innovations is notoriously hard. This research project investigated the shift in pedagogical approach among a small group of faculty as they replaced traditional lecture-based methods with problem-based learning projects. Interviews were conducted with eight drivers of this change, around the question:…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Phenomenology, Comparative Analysis, Teaching Methods
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Alves, Anabela C.; Sousa, Rui M.; Fernandes, Sandra; Cardoso, Elisabete; Carvalho, Maria Alice; Figueiredo, Jorge; Pereira, Rui M. S. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2016
Project-Based Learning (PBL) has been implemented in the first year of the Industrial Engineering and Management programme at the University of Minho, Portugal, since 2004/2005. The purpose of this paper is to analyse and discuss teachers' experiences in PBL in this programme and to explore its implications for student learning and for teaching…
Descriptors: Teaching Experience, Educational Practices, Problem Based Learning, Engineering Education
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Bjørner, Thomas; Kofoed, Lise Busk – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2013
We will present a case study result from a cross-disciplinary education called Medialogy, which is taught in the Technical and Science Faculty at Aalborg University. The aim of Medialogy is to facilitate creativity within technical solutions. The intention of this paper is to answer the following: how do the Medialogy teachers perceive creativity…
Descriptors: Creativity, Case Studies, Problem Based Learning, Teacher Attitudes