"Star Power" for Teaching Professional Skills to Engineering Students

Autor/in	Goh, Suk Meng
Titel	"Star Power" for Teaching Professional Skills to Engineering Students
Quelle	In: Advances in Engineering Education, 3 (2012) 1, (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1941-1766
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Educational Games; Engineering; Engineering Education; Student Surveys; Student Attitudes; Skill Development; Professional Development; Simulation; Undergraduate Students; Australia; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Educational game; Lernspiel; Maschinenbau; Ingenieurausbildung; Schülerbefragung; Schülerverhalten; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Simulation program; Simulationsprogramm; Australien
Abstract	The objective of this study is to evaluate the potential of a game called "Star Power" to teach professional skills to mechanical engineering undergraduates. The game was conducted as an activity in a final year Professional Practice unit. A survey in the form of a questionnaire was administered to participating students in the following semester of studies after a summer break. The survey showed that the majority of the students believed they had improved their professional skills from playing "Star Power." Although the game is typically used in the teaching of sociology, this study demonstrated that the game can provide a rich and versatile setting in which different elements of professional skills that are important to an engineer can be incorporated and developed. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01