Building Networks through Peer Interaction
Publication: Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice
Volume 125, Issue 4
Abstract
The profession of civil engineering needs graduates with many technical and generic skills. A program of peer instruction and peer mentoring within courses taken by first-year students at Queensland University of Technology in Australia builds networks between junior and senior students, leading to a culture of collaboration and teamwork and a learning environment more akin to that in which professional engineers find themselves. Among the benefits of this program are high student satisfaction, opportunities for development of leadership and organizational skills, and dramatically improved academic results.
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Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice
Volume 125 • Issue 4 • October 1999
Pages: 159 - 162
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Received: Oct 19, 1998
Published online: Oct 1, 1999
Published in print: Oct 1999
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