A Project-based Approach to Learning: Comparative study of two disciplines
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Abstract
To be successful in the competitive workforce markets,
graduates nowadays need more than just disciplinary skills
and knowledge. The changes in how businesses operate,
have brought about the need to develop highly skilled
workforce that is equipped with generic skills, such as
communication, creativity and problem solving, next to
their discipline-relevant knowledge. To provide these sets
of skills Universities are engaging in project-based learning
with industrial partners. Such modules should provide the
development of both sets of skills and thus produce highly
employable students. In this paper perceptions of
marketing and engineering students related to the projectbased
learning outcomes are explored, to determine how
they rate the acquisition of relevant employment skills in
the studied modules. The findings show, that the students
appreciate the project-based approach, specifically with
relation to their project management and team-working
skills, there is however improvement possible in the
discipline-based aspects of their learning.
graduates nowadays need more than just disciplinary skills
and knowledge. The changes in how businesses operate,
have brought about the need to develop highly skilled
workforce that is equipped with generic skills, such as
communication, creativity and problem solving, next to
their discipline-relevant knowledge. To provide these sets
of skills Universities are engaging in project-based learning
with industrial partners. Such modules should provide the
development of both sets of skills and thus produce highly
employable students. In this paper perceptions of
marketing and engineering students related to the projectbased
learning outcomes are explored, to determine how
they rate the acquisition of relevant employment skills in
the studied modules. The findings show, that the students
appreciate the project-based approach, specifically with
relation to their project management and team-working
skills, there is however improvement possible in the
discipline-based aspects of their learning.
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FAIN, Nuša; WAGNER, Beverly; VUKAŠINOVIĆ, Nikola.
A Project-based Approach to Learning: Comparative study of two disciplines.
Design and Technology Education: an International Journal, [S.l.], v. 21, n. 1, feb. 2016.
ISSN 1360-1431.
Available at: <https://www.ariadne.ac.uk/DATE/article/view/2081>. Date accessed: 24 sep. 2022.
Keywords
project-based learning, disciplinary knowledge, generic skills, case studies, marketing, engineering
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Research
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