{"id":6775,"date":"2018-06-16T15:57:59","date_gmt":"2018-06-16T13:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.productdevelopment.se\/?p=6775"},"modified":"2019-03-18T14:49:52","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T13:49:52","slug":"augment-skills-and-knowledge-of-engineering-students-through-design-build-test-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.productdevelopment.se\/augment-skills-and-knowledge-of-engineering-students-through-design-build-test-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Augment skills and knowledge of engineering students through design-build-test projects"},"content":{"rendered":"
The engineer of the 21st century is expected to possess a broad range of skills and abilities. Besides more traditional technical knowledge and engineering skills, interpersonal skills, critical thinking, creativity, and design makes its way into the curriculum of our engineering education.<\/p>\n
Our underlying pedagogical approach to teaching design is based on constructivism. Which basically says that people construct their own understanding and knowledge of the world, through experiencing things and reflecting on those experiences. Research has shown that a very good way for students to \u201cconstruct\u201d their knowledge is to design, build and publicly share artifacts. Hence making design and prototyping an integral part of our engineering education. These ideas aligns well with the CDIO<\/a> initiative of which BTH is part since 2013. The CDIO framework provides students with an education stressing engineering fundamentals set in the context of Conceiving-Designing-Implementing-Operating (CDIO) real-world systems and products.<\/p>\n