The impact on values and learning behaviours of engineering students from an authentic learning environment: preliminary analysis and observations
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Paper/Presentation Title | The impact on values and learning behaviours of engineering students from an authentic learning environment: preliminary analysis and observations |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Goh, Steven (Author), Cochrane, Sandra (Author) and Brodie, Megan (Author) |
Editors | Mann, Llewellyn and Daniel, Scott |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AaeE 2012) |
Number of Pages | 9 |
Year | 2012 |
Place of Publication | Melbourne, Australia |
ISBN | 9780987177230 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://www.aaee.com.au/conferences/2012 |
Conference/Event | 23rd Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE 2012) |
Event Details | Rank B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B |
Event Details | 23rd Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE 2012) Parent Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE) Event Date 03 to end of 05 Dec 2012 Event Location Melbourne, Australia |
Abstract | Cochrane & Goh (2008) explore a librarian's and course examiner's reflections on an information literacy experiment in a third year Materials Engineering course. Following this experiment, the course was restructured using authentic project-based learning and information literacy strategies. Authentic learning environments open up opportunities to help students learn about the value of research skills and the importance of professional sources. The research is framed around relational and constructivist pedagogy in that if students are immersed in a rich and authentic professional environment with real-time input from industry practitioners, they are more engaged with the learning experience as designed. This paper proposes that authentic learning environments designed around scaffolded learning opportunities have the ability to change the values and behaviours of engineering students. This paper provides additional research data that was not previously presented at the preliminary stage of the investigation. The observations and analysis presented are of a preliminary nature, hence, the suggested findings are provided with limitations on its reliability and validity. |
Keywords | authentic learning; problem-based learning; information literacy; student engagement |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390113. Science, technology and engineering curriculum and pedagogy |
461002. Human information behaviour | |
390409. Learning sciences | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering |
Library Services | |
Faculty of Engineering and Surveying | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q1y72/the-impact-on-values-and-learning-behaviours-of-engineering-students-from-an-authentic-learning-environment-preliminary-analysis-and-observations
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