A report on service-learning and engineering design: Service-learning'S effect on students learning engineering design in introduction to mechanical engineering

• Autores: Edmund Tsang, James van Haneghan, Burke Johnson, E. Jean Newman, Sandy van Eck
• Localización: The International journal of engineering education, ISSN-e 0949-149X, Vol. 17, no. Extra 1, 2001 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Learning Styles), págs. 30-39
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Service-learning is a form of experiential education in which students apply the knowledge andskills they learn in the classroom to carry out projects that meet a human or community need.Service-learning has been integrated into an `Introduction to Mechanical Engineering' course toenhance learning of first-year engineering students and to meet the need for more resources in localmiddle-schools to promote active, hands-on learning of mathematics and science. Student assess-ment results over a three-year period demonstrate that service-learning is an effective strategy forfirst-year mechanical engineering students to learn and practice engineering design and teamwork,and to become aware of civic responsibility. Service-learning provides engineering students theopportunity and motivation to develop the `softer' skills described in Engineering Criteria 2000 andcomplements the traditional approach to design projects, in which students interact primarily withtechnical personnel