Conference Session

Methods of Teaching and Learning in Construction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Godfrey Ochieng, Liverpool John Moores University ; Andrew David Price, Loughborough University; Ximing Ruan Ruan, Robert Gordon University; Yassine Melaine, Liverpool John Moores University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

simple phraseologyand this was achieved by carrying out a pilot study with six senior module coordinators. Thequestionnaire comprised two main areas: active-like and passive-like teaching methods.One hundred survey questionnaires were distributed to construction project managementstudents and fifty-six were returned giving a response rate of fifty-six percent. By using anexploratory case study approach, quantitative data was gathered in order to highlight somekey phenomena about students‟ views towards teaching methods. These phenomena werethen explored qualitatively in more depth using focus group interviews in order to gaininsights into the way these students experienced different teaching methods. The students