From problem-based learning to practice-based education: a framework for shaping future engineers
From problem-based learning to practice-based education: a framework for shaping future engineers
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从基于问题的学习到基于实践的教育:塑造未来工程师的框架
DOI:
10.1080/03043797.2019.1708867
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发表时间:
2020
影响因子:
2.3
通讯作者:
Timothy D. Smith
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作者:
L. Mann;R. Chang;S. Chandrasekaran;Alicen Coddington;S. Daniel;Emily Cook;E. Crossin;B. Cosson;J. Turner;Andrea Mazzurco;J. Dohaney;Tim O’Hanlon;Janine Pickering;S. Walker;Fran Maclean;Timothy D. Smith
ABSTRACT Problem-based learning (PBL) has a history of producing strong educational results in engineering; however, global society is challenged by highly complex environmental, socio-political and technical problems summarised in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This obliges us to explore educational approaches that address complexity. Yet, confronting complexity is sometimes constrained within PBL structures. This conceptual paper posits practice-based education (PBE) as a whole-of-education approach embracing complexity. We present a PBE framework with three elements: (1) the context of an authentic engineering practice, (2) supporting learners’ agency in the process of becoming professionals, and (3) opportunities to work and learn simultaneously. We make the case for innovative engineering education through the implementation of PBE using the case of the Engineering Practice Academy at Swinburne University of Technology. We detail innovations in student experience as a process of becoming, curriculum and assessment, and provide advice on the application of PBE elsewhere.