Conference paper 2020

Methodology for training engineers teamwork skills

IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON
Conference · Vol. 2020-April · pp. 587-591
Abstract

Besides scientific knowledge, society requires engineers with additional skills, such as teamwork or communication competences. The latter are difficult to train due to the sequential syllabus is content-driven and the lack of methodologies to provide meaningful teamwork experiences. This paper proposes an approach to lead engineering students through a teamwork experience based on real-life projects. Concurrent engineering theory is used to provide good practices for collaborative work. Weekly and final evaluation with peer review and professors' evaluation is used to assess the learning process. It has been found that the students' technical and non-technical skills have been satisfactorily developed. In addition, the latter has contributed to benefit students' understanding and knowledge of the matter. Therefore, the present methodology could be considered a valid approach to complement students' competences and could also be easily implemented in other engineering courses. © 2020 IEEE.

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Author Keywords

Methodology communication skills Teamwork Skills project-based Complementary

Index Keywords

Engineering education Personnel training Students Engineering course peer review Learning process Teamwork skills Scientific knowledge Collaborative Work Good practices Concurrent engineering Non-technical skills
Author Affiliations
Department of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, Universidad de Jaén, Jaen, Jaen, Spain
Funding & Acknowledgements
Universidad de Jaén, UJA
Grant: PID45_201718
ACKNOWLEDGMENT (Heading 5) This work has been supported by the European Funds under Smart HEI-Business collaboration for skills and competitiveness (HEIBus) Erasmus + Knowledge Alliances 2 (KA2) project, and University of Jaén under project PID45_201718.
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