Mechanical Engineering Students' Contribution to Their Work Placement Learning Trajectories

Autor/inn/en	Ngonda, Tiyamike; Shaw, Corrinne; Kloot, Bruce
Titel	Mechanical Engineering Students' Contribution to Their Work Placement Learning Trajectories
Quelle	In: International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 23 (2022) 1, S.81-93 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Engineering; Engineering Education; College Students; Job Placement; Job Performance; Self Efficacy; Student Behavior; Participation; Foreign Countries; Education Work Relationship; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Maschinenbau; Ingenieurausbildung; Collegestudent; Employment service; Employment services; Arbeitsvermittlung; Work performance; Arbeitsleistung; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Teilnahme; Ausland; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	This article reports on a qualitative multi-case study conducted to investigate how work placement contributes to the learning of mechanical engineering students. The study collected data from 34 mechanical engineering students undergoing year-long placement. It found that work placement students' proactive behavior influenced their learning trajectories. Proactive students experienced increasing participation as they moved from the periphery to engaging in active participation in their work community and were exposed to meaningful and complex work. On the contrary, those students who were passive seemed to stagnate in both participation and work performance. As a result, they remained peripheral participants for the entire placement. The findings are interpreted to suggest that universities need to help students manage their participation to improve their work placement learning. Additionally, they need to monitor changes to students' participation in work activities and their work complexity. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	New Zealand Association for Cooperative Education. University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand. Tel: +64-7-838-4892; e-mail: editor@ijwil.org; Web site: https://www.ijwil.org/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01