Problem-Based Learning Approach to Construction Management Teaching
Publication: Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice
Volume 128, Issue 1
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This paper describes construction management teaching for the Master of Engineering in civil engineering course at the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. This course is a 5-yr undergraduate degree accredited by the Institution of Civil Engineers for membership in the Institution subject to graduates satisfying the appropriate postgraduate training objectives. Construction management teaching takes place in the third, fourth, and fifth years of the degree and is structured to make effective use of both traditional and problem-based learning teaching methods. Examples are given of two problem-based learning courses used in the fourth and fifth year of the degree course. Both are based on complex construction projects and provide students with the opportunity to apply and synthesis knowledge gained on the traditionally taught third year course. Formal feedback from students and informal feedback from local industry suggests that the courses are meeting their overall objective of producing graduates with relevant knowledge and skills in construction management.
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Copyright © 2002 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Mar 6, 2000
Accepted: Feb 15, 2001
Published online: Jan 1, 2002
Published in print: Jan 2002
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