Conference Session

Track 1 - Session I - Student Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Robyne Bowering, Monash University

Tagged Topics

Invited - Student Development

ingraduates, can be enhanced through improved faculty teaching and learning methods. Thenew curricula should encourage deeper learning and understanding of context. They shouldcontain among other things: integrated experiential activities, interdisciplinary perspectives,addressing different learning styles and helping students to develop life-long learning skillsby assisting them to understand how they learn and provide a connectedness to the needs andissues of the broader community.[11-13]Service-learning is a pedagogical practice that deliberately integrates community serviceactivities with educational objectives. Students engage in meaningful learning throughapplied, active, project-based learning, drawing on multiple knowledge sources

Conference Session

Track 1 - Session I - Student Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Teresa Restivo, University of Porto

Tagged Topics

Invited - Student Development

lecturing week students have to face subjects as: • Specific training on professional of non-technical skills: Writing in engineering Effective Communication Visual Communication Specific topics include ethics, plagiarism, quotation styles, etc. • Additionally, special initial training is also conveyed on: Campus' Information System Effective Learning The course also includes team work about a specific topic within the scope of the program the student was accepted in. Page 21.51.5 Fig 1 --- Students in theoretical classesThe communication is