Title :
“Just like they do in industry”: Concerns about teamwork practices in engineering design courses
Author_Institution :
Michigan Technol. Univ., Houghton, MI, USA
Abstract :
The author reports on a two-year study contrasting senior design course teaching of team practices with those actually used in industry. The study identified concerns in the areas of collaborative practices, group composition, intervention and resolution of group problems, and focus on the product rather than the process
Keywords :
design engineering; educational courses; engineering education; collaborative practices; engineering design courses; group composition; industry teamwork teaching; senior design course teaching; teamwork practices; Accreditation; Chemical engineering; Chemical processes; Collaboration; Collaborative work; Design engineering; Design optimization; Engineering management; Industrial training; Teamwork;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 1993. Twenty-Third Annual Conference. 'Engineering Education: Renewing America's Technology', Proceedings.
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1482-4
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.1993.405476
