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Learning by teaching: undergraduate engineering students improving a community's response capability to an early warning system.
- Source :
- European Journal of Engineering Education; Mar2015, Vol. 40 Issue 1, p95-113, 19p, 4 Black and White Photographs, 4 Diagrams, 7 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- This paper reports on a project in which students designed, constructed and tested a model of an existing early warning system with simulation of debris flow in a context of a landslide. Students also assessed rural community members’ knowledge of this system and subsequently taught them to estimate the time needed for evacuation of the community in the event of a landslide. Participants were four undergraduate students in a civil engineering programme at a university in Thailand, as well as nine community members and three external evaluators. Results illustrate project and problem-based, experiential learning and highlight the real-world applications and development of knowledge and of hard and soft skills. The discussion raises issues of scalability and feasibility for implementation of these types of projects in large undergraduate engineering classes. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03043797
- Volume :
- 40
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- European Journal of Engineering Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 100696868
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03043797.2014.928671