Engineering Team Project Course for Development of Teamwork Skills

The globalization trend prevalent in the business and industry has created the demand for engineers with multidisciplinary teamwork skills. At institutions of higher learning, great emphasis is given on technical knowledge in order to equip engineering graduates with technical competence that is req...

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Main Authors: Sulaiman, S. A., Git, H. M., Abdul Rani, A. M.
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/2616/
http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/2616/1/RCEE2010_ETP_Paper_ID_74.pdf
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author Sulaiman, S. A.
Git, H. M.
Abdul Rani, A. M.
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description The globalization trend prevalent in the business and industry has created the demand for engineers with multidisciplinary teamwork skills. At institutions of higher learning, great emphasis is given on technical knowledge in order to equip engineering graduates with technical competence that is required in the workplace. In the real working environment, however, engineers are expected to not only be technically competent, but also to have the ability to work well within a multidisciplinary team situation. Effective teaching and cooperative learning skills are vital in equipping students with the experience of collaboration and interaction with peers of diverse discipline and background. A unique course identified as Engineering Team Project (ETP) was introduced as a tool to inculcate multidisciplinary teamwork skills among the engineering students of various backgrounds. This paper presents the curriculum structure, operational mechanism, and the experience of operating the course in providing the students with the environment for building teamwork skills.
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spelling oai:scholars.utp.edu.my:26162017-01-19T08:24:16Z http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/2616/ Engineering Team Project Course for Development of Teamwork Skills Sulaiman, S. A. Git, H. M. Abdul Rani, A. M. TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) The globalization trend prevalent in the business and industry has created the demand for engineers with multidisciplinary teamwork skills. At institutions of higher learning, great emphasis is given on technical knowledge in order to equip engineering graduates with technical competence that is required in the workplace. In the real working environment, however, engineers are expected to not only be technically competent, but also to have the ability to work well within a multidisciplinary team situation. Effective teaching and cooperative learning skills are vital in equipping students with the experience of collaboration and interaction with peers of diverse discipline and background. A unique course identified as Engineering Team Project (ETP) was introduced as a tool to inculcate multidisciplinary teamwork skills among the engineering students of various backgrounds. This paper presents the curriculum structure, operational mechanism, and the experience of operating the course in providing the students with the environment for building teamwork skills. 2010-06 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/2616/1/RCEE2010_ETP_Paper_ID_74.pdf Sulaiman, S. A. and Git, H. M. and Abdul Rani, A. M. (2010) Engineering Team Project Course for Development of Teamwork Skills. In: 3rd Regional Conference on Engineering Education & Research in Higher Education, 7-9 June 2010, Kuching, Malaysia.
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Sulaiman, S. A.
Git, H. M.
Abdul Rani, A. M.
Engineering Team Project Course for Development of Teamwork Skills
title Engineering Team Project Course for Development of Teamwork Skills
title_full Engineering Team Project Course for Development of Teamwork Skills
title_fullStr Engineering Team Project Course for Development of Teamwork Skills
title_full_unstemmed Engineering Team Project Course for Development of Teamwork Skills
title_short Engineering Team Project Course for Development of Teamwork Skills
title_sort engineering team project course for development of teamwork skills
topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
url http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/2616/
http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/2616/1/RCEE2010_ETP_Paper_ID_74.pdf