"Learning by Doing": A Teaching Method for Active Learning in Scientific Graduate Education

Autor/inn/en	Bot, Ludovic; Gossiaux, Pol-Bernard; Rauch, Carl-Philippe; Tabiou, Safouana
Titel	"Learning by Doing": A Teaching Method for Active Learning in Scientific Graduate Education
Quelle	In: European Journal of Engineering Education, 30 (2005) 1, S.105-119 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0304-3797
Schlagwörter	Graduate Study; Experiential Learning; Active Learning; Physical Sciences; Teaching Methods; Engineering Education; Mathematics Instruction; Interdisciplinary Approach; Barriers; Change Strategies; Instructional Effectiveness; Foreign Countries; France + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Aktives Lernen; Natural sciences; Naturwissenschaften; Naturwissenschaft; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ingenieurausbildung; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Lösungsstrategie; Unterrichtserfolg; Ausland; Frankreich
Abstract	This article describes an active learning method for the teaching of physical sciences and mathematics to engineers. After defining the challenges involved in the training of engineers, we shall describe the answers provided by our method, "learning by doing" (named "Apprentissage Par l"Action" in French), by introducing four key points: real-life simulation, the management of non-success, the result requirement and the different roles of the teachers. An assessment of this experience is carried out which emphasizes the factors paramount in the success of this pedagogical innovation. Similarities between our experience and other well-known methods such as problem-based learning, problem solving and, more generally, the concept of learning by doing coined by John Dewey in his philosophy of education, are mentioned. (Contains 5 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10