Integration of work based learning in engineering education

Author

Fink, Flemming K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & IT, Aalborg Univ., Denmark

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM

Abstract

Developing a new engineering educational set-up, which integrates formal education and productive work is a new challenge. The best way to learn and understand a theory is trying to see whether you can apply the theory in engineering problem solving. Therefore it is obvious to try to combine the academic learning process and engineering problem solving. This has been one of the fundamental reasons for the existing problem based learning concept (PBL). In the light of the experiences from this PBL concept some further development makes it possible to integrate work based learning in academic engineering education. This presentation gives some examples on how this is being implemented now and discusses further improvements by combining engineering education, continuing professional development and productive engineering

Keywords

continuing education; engineering education; academic engineering education; academic learning process; continuing professional development; cooperative programmes; educational degree upgrading; engineering problem solving; formal education; fundamental reasons; learning goals identification; organisational learning; problem based learning; productive engineering; productive work; team working; Circuit theory; Communication systems; Continuing professional development; Educational products; Engineering education; Mathematics; Microprocessors; Problem-solving; Production; Teamwork;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 2001. 31st Annual

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6669-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2001.963747

Filename

963747