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Engineering judgement in undergraduate structural design education: enhancing learning with failure case studies.
- Source :
- European Journal of Engineering Education; Aug2022, Vol. 47 Issue 4, p577-590, 14p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Universities face the challenge of developing undergraduate structural engineering students' design judgement. This study evaluates whether introducing 'learning from failure', centralised around 'real-world' case studies, serves to facilitate the development of engineering judgement in structural design. The study identifies the use of three characteristics of engineering judgement: diagnostic, inductive, and interpretive in the work of the first-year undergraduate structural design students. Thematic analysis, combined with a constant comparison method and the rigour of inter-researcher reliability, was used to develop coding and mapping to evaluate students' work. The majority of students correctly applied diagnostic engineering judgement to the definition of a problem for a failure case study; and displayed the inductive aspect of judgement. Students' interpretive understanding embraced multi-faceted considerations, with engineering practice, complexity in causality, and learning from history being dominant. Introducing case studies deepened students' enquiry, stimulating the development of a more nuanced understanding of structural engineering judgement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03043797
- Volume :
- 47
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- European Journal of Engineering Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 157269203
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03043797.2022.2036704