Collaborative learning: Pluses and problems

Training future engineers for efficient team work is an urgent problem to be solved through collaborative learning approach in professional education by practicing real life communication between students and faculty. The paper aims at showing the experience of collaborative learning in teaching an engineering pedagogy course at a national research university. The authors show the advantages of collaborative learning supported by empirical facts, as well as the obstacles to dissemination of this approach. The paper is to be of interest to those who value collaborative learning ideas.