Development and Assessment of Generic Skills by Conceptualizing Learning in Life Science – Engineering Education

SEFI 2016: 44th Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education - Engineering Education on Top of the World: Industry-University Cooperation 2016
Anni Laakkonen, Ilmārs Vīksne, Alexis François, Antoine Lanthony, Katrina Nordström

Societal and cultural changes are modifying the expectations of the job market, which puts pressure on leveraging the practices of higher education to meet needs of society and employers. As a result, traditional emphasis on core domain-specific skills is changing as the contextual skills applying the knowledge to benefit the employer are highlighted. Universities need to embrace the challenge 2 of transferring generic skills to students for them to become constant learners capable of critical thinking, problem solving and other work life requirements, such as project management, team work, presentation and digital learning skills. Students’ opportunities to learn work life skills during university studies depend on the features of the learning environment and the education they receive. The focus of this study is on multidisciplinary life sciences within the engineering curriculum. Notably, we are interested in how the development of specialized knowledge and skills in non-engineering subjects can be better fitted into a flexible learning style in the often traditional engineering learning styles and curriculum.

Atslēgas vārdi
generic skills, multidisciplinary, engineering curriculum
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Laakkonen, A., Vīksne, I., François, A., Lanthony, A., Nordström, K. Development and Assessment of Generic Skills by Conceptualizing Learning in Life Science – Engineering Education. No: SEFI 2016: 44th Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education - Engineering Education on Top of the World: Industry-University Cooperation, Somija, Tampere, 12.-15. septembris, 2016. Brussels: SEFI - Société Européenne pour la Formation des Ingénieurs, 2016, 1.-7.lpp. ISBN 978-2-87352-014-4.

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English (en)