Instilling professional skills and sustainable developmentthrough problem-based learning (PBL) among first yearengineering students

• Autores: Khairiyah Mohd Yusof, Aziatul Niza Sadikin, Fatin Aliah Phang, Azmahani Abdul Aziz
• Localización: The International journal of engineering education, ISSN-e 0949-149X, Vol. 32, no. Extra 1 (Parte B ), 2016, págs. 333-347
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Developing sustainable development (SD) mindset and professional skills, such as problem solving, team working andcommunication skills, are crucial for engineering graduates of the 21st Century. Cooperative Problem Based Learning(CPBL), which is the infusion of Cooperative Learning (CL) principles into the Problem-Based Learning (PBL) cycle, hadbeen shown to enhance learning while developing the desired professional skills and positive behavior. This paper describesamixedmethodstudyontheimpactofanIntroduction toEngineeringcourseonfirstyearstudentsastheygothroughthreecyclesofCPBLtosolveasustainabilityrelatedproblem.Inthefirstpartoftheresearch,anexploratorystudywasconductedby analyzing reflective journals submitted by the students at the end of each CPBL cycle using thematic qualitative dataanalysis technique to determine the major themes in skills developed. The analysis show strong emergence of professionalskills and SD. To determine the level of behavior change in SD for students who took the course, a quantitative study wasthen conducted. Although the students initially faced difficulties in developing the skills, by the end of the third stage, thestudents realized that they have managed to attain important skills and SD behavior essential as engineers of the future.