Back to Search
Start Over
Teaching for innovation competence in higher education Built Environment engineering classrooms: teachers' beliefs and perceptions of the learning environment.
- Source :
- European Journal of Engineering Education; Dec2020, Vol. 45 Issue 6, p917-936, 20p
- Publication Year :
- 2020
-
Abstract
- In this study we investigated teachers' beliefs about innovation competence relevance and their creative self-efficacy and compared teachers' and students' perceptions of the learning environment in the Built Environment engineering education domain. In total, 94 teachers participated in this study by completing a questionnaire. Teachers perceived their creative self-efficacy and the learning environment in their classrooms to be supportive of innovation competence. However, only a minority of the teachers considered teaching for innovation competence relevant; most teachers perceived a focus on innovation competence in the curriculum as neutral. Multiple regression analyses showed that teachers' creative self-efficacy beliefs significantly predicted their perception personal relevance. Similarly, perception of focus on innovation competence in the curriculum significantly predicted perceived uncertainty, while creative self-efficacy significantly predicted perceived knowledge-building through teacher–student and student–student negotiation. Findings of the study are discussed with respect to developing students' innovation competence in the Built Environment education domain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03043797
- Volume :
- 45
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- European Journal of Engineering Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 147366284
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03043797.2020.1784097