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Ozogul, Gamze; Miller, Cindy Faith; Reisslein, Martin – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2019
This article presents a large-scale evaluation study of over 3000 9-14-year-old students who participated in an engineering workshop during their school fieldtrips. Student perceptions right before and after, as well as two weeks after the workshop were captured and examined. Before the workshop, younger students and boys, generally exhibited…
Descriptors: Field Trips, Engineering Education, Workshops, Program Effectiveness
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Magnell, Marie; Geschwind, Lars; Kolmos, Anette – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2017
The purpose of this paper is to identify faculty perspectives on the integration of work-related issues in engineering education. A mixed methods approach was used to explore faculty attitudes towards work-related learning, to describe activities related to working life that have been introduced into the curriculum and to identify factors that…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Integrated Activities, Mixed Methods Research, Learning Activities
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Björklund, Tua A.; Nordström, Katrina M.; Clavert, Maria – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2013
The paper presents a Sino-Finnish teaching initiative, including the design and experiences of a series of pedagogical workshops implemented at the Aalto-Tongji Design Factory (DF), Shanghai, China, and the experimentation plans collected from the 54 attending professors and teachers. The workshops aimed to encourage trying out interdisciplinary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Experimental Teaching, Teacher Workshops, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Pozzi, Rossella; Noè, Carlo; Rossi, Tommaso – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2015
According to the literature, in recent years, developing experiential learning has fulfilled the requirement of a deep understanding of lean philosophy by engineering students, demonstrating the advantages and disadvantages of some of the key principles of lean manufacturing. On the other hand, the literature evidences how some kinds of game-based…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Engineering Education, Manufacturing, Engineering Technology
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Chan, Cecilia Ka Yuk – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2012
While experiential learning has been increasingly explored and adopted by higher education institutions, few have researched the appropriate assessment methods that can be aligned with the learning outcomes of experiential learning. A literature review on the diverse forms of assessment currently used for community service types of experiential…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Higher Education, Service Learning, Credits
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Kalkani, Efrossini C.; Boussiakou, Iris K.; Boussiakou, Leda G. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2005
The present research refers to the assigning of a hands-on group project to freshman engineering students, evaluating their performance, and deriving conclusions on student benefits and educational advances. The research procedure included action plans for the instructor and the students, instructions to the students on performing the work,…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Engineering, Work Experience