Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Princy L. D. Johnson, Liverpool John Moores University; Kathryn W. Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

of the importance of creativity to their professional andleadership development. Then, we explored whether those perceptions could be influenced throughactivity-based learning. Specifically, we embedded creativity concepts and practices within amasters-level engineering course focused on professional and leadership skills at Liverpool JohnMoores University (LJMU). Creativity was introduced through a dedicated 3-hour lecture sessionand several activity-based learning sessions throughout the course. We captured the students’awareness and perceptions of creativity at multiple points throughout the course using acombination of assessments, including tailored questionnaires, the Belbin team roles instrument,self-reflection questionnaires, peer