Title :
Work in progress - assessment of the development of personal and social competencies by students
Author :
Alabart, Joan R. ; Godlewska, Agnieszka ; Herrero, Joan ; Giralt, Francesc ; Medir, Magda
Author_Institution :
Dep. d´´Enginyeria Quimica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Abstract :
Universities are becoming increasingly aware of how important it is to equip their students with personal and social competencies such as client orientation or teamwork and cooperation. This paper presents a research project whose aim is to create a comprehensive system of assessment and development of competencies to support the competency-based educational model implemented at the School of Chemical Engineering (ETSEQ) at the University Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona, Spain
Keywords :
chemical engineering; educational institutions; social sciences; School of Chemical Engineering; Spain; Tarragona; University Rovira i Virgili; client orientation; competency-based educational model; social competencies; Chemical engineering; Design engineering; Educational institutions; Feedback; Knowledge engineering; Monitoring; Performance evaluation; Process design; Recruitment; Teamwork; Assessment; personal and social competencies; students as team leaders; students as team members;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education, 2005. FIE '05. Proceedings 35th Annual Conference
Conference_Location :
Indianopolis, IN
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9077-6
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2005.1612089
