Lowe, DB;
Willey, K;
Tilley, E;
(2023)
Students’ Views Of Taught Professional Competencies: Investigating The Impact Of Previous Work Experience.
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Proceedings of the SEFI 2023 - 51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education: Engineering Education for Sustainability.
(pp. pp. 802-809).
SEFI
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Abstract
The ability of Engineering graduates to function as successful professionals depends not only on technical disciplinary knowledge but also on a wide range of professional competencies. Students' reactions to the teaching and assessment of these competencies are often negative. An ongoing study by the authors has been exploring the nature of these reactions and in particular, the various factors that contribute to students' views on the teaching of professional competencies. A preliminary factor analysis showed that students' level of professional experience was a key factor in shaping variations in their views. In this paper, we explore this issue in more depth. For example, when asked on the pair of survey questions “do you agree or disagree that each competency type [professional / technical] should be a core component of your Engineering degree program”, the impact of increasing professional experience on the average response was only marginally greater for professional competencies than for technical competencies. In contrast to this, when asked the pair of questions “for each competency type [professional / technical] indicate whether it is easier to learn it at University or at work”, the analysis of the responses shows that as the level of experience increases, there is a small shift for technical competencies towards being taught at University, whereas for professional competencies, there is a significantly greater shift towards being taught in work environments. We explore these, and other related findings, and consider their implications for the design and delivery of engineering degree programs.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
|---|---|
| Title: | Students’ Views Of Taught Professional Competencies: Investigating The Impact Of Previous Work Experience |
| Event: | The 51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education: Engineering Education for Sustainability |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.21427/TWDV-YD46 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.21427/TWDV-YD46 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © The Authors 2023. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Engineering Science Faculty Office |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10184957 |
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