Observations Worth versus Action Learning: The Role of Site Visit in Learning

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Observations Worth versus Action Learning: The Role of Site Visit in Learning

This paper demonstrates the role of site visit in learning hydraulics in a 4th year undergraduate Civil Engineering unit (optional unit, prerequisite-pump and open channel hydraulics) at Curtin University, Western Australia through the process of action learning. The unit is divided into lectures an...

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Main Author:	Anwar, Faisal
Other Authors:	Syed Aziz Anwar
Format:	Conference Paper
Published:	Hamdan Bin Mohammed e-University 2012
Subjects:	students hydraulics teaching site visit Action learning
Online Access:	http://congress.hbmeu.ae/ http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49247

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