A reflection on constructivism and recent reforming efforts in

engineering education

[CDIO UTILIZATION] [PERSONAL OBSERVTION] [TANDT| BA VÌ | 12.APR.2015]

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CDIO Initiative: Need for Reforming Education

“Engineering education and real-world demands on engineers have in recent years drifted apart. Realizing that this widening gap must be closed, leading engineering schools in the USA, Europe, Canada, UK, Africa, Asia, and New Zealand formed the CDIO Initiative: A worldwide collaborative to conceive and develop a new vision of engineering education.”

Not only for Engineering education anymore

CDIO is constructivist

An education that stresses the fundamentals, set in the context of Conceiving – Designing – Implementing – Operating systems and products:

• A curriculum organized around mutually supporting courses, but with CDIO activities highly interwoven

• Rich with student design-build-test projects

• Integrating learning of professional skills such as teamwork and communication

• Featuring active and experiential learning

• Constantly improved through quality assurance process with higher aims than accreditation

Multi-disciplined Integrated Project-Based Experiential Learning

CDIO Standards

The 12 CDIO Standards address program philosophy (Standard 1),

curriculum development (Standards 2, 3 and 4),

design-build experiences and workspaces (Standards 5 and 6),

new methods of teaching and learning (Standards 7 and 8),

faculty development (Standards 9 and 10),

and assessment and evaluation (Standards 11 and 12).

Design-build experiences and workspaces

• A curriculum that includes two or more design-implement experiences, including one at a basic level and one at an advanced level

• Engineering workspaces and laboratories that support and encourage hands-on learning of product, process, and system building, disciplinary knowledge, and social learning

FPT University settings

• FTICO

• FSOFT

• Innovation Lab

• Capstone Project

• Other project-based courses

Constructivist Teaching & Learning

• Integrated learning experiences that lead to the acquisition of disciplinary knowledge, as well as personal and interpersonal skills, and product, process, and system building skills

• Teaching and learning based on active experiential learning methods

Active Learning levels

What does a constructivist [book] look like?

Active learning activities

Learning-by-doing Group discussion Field trip

Creating togetherResearchDialog/Debate

ExampleA concrete framework:

Teaching Excellence Program from CMU

http://icarnegie.com/program/teaching-excellence-program/

Outcome-based education

Implementation Kit

Curriculum Goals

Conceptual Design of

Curriculum

Learning Outcomes

CurriculumArchitecture

CoursesMatrix

Syllabus

Course Materials

Course Materials

Lesson PlansLesson Plans

Assessment KitAssessment Kit

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