Developing professionalism in engineering students using problem based learning

This paper discusses the professionalism of engineering and its meaning to engineering education. Through evaluating the traditional ways of engineering education in universities and institutes of high learning, the paper shows the need for an engineering education strategy that enable students to e...

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Main Authors: Jianguo, Wang, Yew, Chan Fong, W. A. M., Alwis
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2005
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description This paper discusses the professionalism of engineering and its meaning to engineering education. Through evaluating the traditional ways of engineering education in universities and institutes of high learning, the paper shows the need for an engineering education strategy that enable students to evaluate a given scenario, identify, search & gather relevant information, work in teams, reason & justify to form opinions, apply various known tools, convince others and reflect regularly on whatever they do. The paper introduces problem based learning (PBL) approach for professional development in engineering education. It elaborates on the design and implementation of RP-PBL (Republic Polytechnic –PBL) approach within the School of Engineering, Republic Polytechnic, Singapore. As a part of the curriculum, collaboration with the industry and engineering professional bodies like Institution of Engineers Singapore (IES) and Singapore Industrial Automation Association (SIAA) to nurture the professionalism of engineering students is also discussed.
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spelling utm-8982012-05-25T02:01:22Z http://eprints.utm.my/898/ Developing professionalism in engineering students using problem based learning Jianguo, Wang Yew, Chan Fong W. A. M., Alwis LB2300 Higher Education This paper discusses the professionalism of engineering and its meaning to engineering education. Through evaluating the traditional ways of engineering education in universities and institutes of high learning, the paper shows the need for an engineering education strategy that enable students to evaluate a given scenario, identify, search & gather relevant information, work in teams, reason & justify to form opinions, apply various known tools, convince others and reflect regularly on whatever they do. The paper introduces problem based learning (PBL) approach for professional development in engineering education. It elaborates on the design and implementation of RP-PBL (Republic Polytechnic –PBL) approach within the School of Engineering, Republic Polytechnic, Singapore. As a part of the curriculum, collaboration with the industry and engineering professional bodies like Institution of Engineers Singapore (IES) and Singapore Industrial Automation Association (SIAA) to nurture the professionalism of engineering students is also discussed. 2005-12-12 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/898/1/Session_O2-001.pdf Jianguo, Wang and Yew, Chan Fong and W. A. M., Alwis (2005) Developing professionalism in engineering students using problem based learning. In: Regional Conference on Engineering Education RCEE 2005, 12-13 Dec 2005, Johor, Malaysia.
spellingShingle LB2300 Higher Education
Jianguo, Wang
Yew, Chan Fong
W. A. M., Alwis
Developing professionalism in engineering students using problem based learning
title Developing professionalism in engineering students using problem based learning
title_full Developing professionalism in engineering students using problem based learning
title_fullStr Developing professionalism in engineering students using problem based learning
title_full_unstemmed Developing professionalism in engineering students using problem based learning
title_short Developing professionalism in engineering students using problem based learning
title_sort developing professionalism in engineering students using problem based learning
topic LB2300 Higher Education
url http://eprints.utm.my/898/
http://eprints.utm.my/898/1/Session_O2-001.pdf