Learning Engineering Knowledge and Creativity by Solving Projects

dc.creator	Chunfang Zhou
dc.date	2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:46:46Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:46:46Z
dc.identifier	10.3991/ijep.v2i1.1873
dc.identifier	2192-4880
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/a5aaf14e848743ab8368431cae2ee0be
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/23616
dc.description	Recent studies have argued the increasing complexity of engineering practice brings challenges to engineers. Creativity has been thought as one necessary element in engineering education. And to let students work with project work has been regarded as a good strategy of developing creativity. However, the literature shows studies on engineering education, most previous efforts take a departure of psychological perspective to discuss developing creative skills through project work; there is a lack of discussion on how project work supports achieving new knowledge and creativity in a social theory framework. Therefore, this paper aims to answer this lack and provide a literature review by focusing on three questions: 1) Which kinds of knowledge are needed for engineering students? 2) What are relationships between knowledge, learning and creativity? And 3) why does a solving project context support creativity and learning? Based on answering the three questions, the literature review underpins the needs of developing creativity in engineering education and strengths of solving project context in stimulating creativity and learning. So this paper contributes to future studies and practical strategies of fostering creative engineers.<span>&nbsp; </span><span>&nbsp;</span><span> <br /></span></span>
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	kassel university press GmbH
dc.relation	http://online-journals.org/index.php/i-jep/article/view/1873
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2192-4880
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 26-31 (2012)
dc.subject	creativity
dc.subject	engineering
dc.subject	education
dc.subject	engineering
dc.subject	knowledge
dc.subject	project
dc.subject	work
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
dc.subject	TA1-2040
dc.subject	Technology
dc.subject	T
dc.subject	DOAJ:General and Civil Engineering
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
dc.subject	TA1-2040
dc.subject	Technology
dc.subject	T
dc.subject	DOAJ:General and Civil Engineering
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
dc.subject	TA1-2040
dc.subject	Technology
dc.subject	T
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
dc.subject	TA1-2040
dc.subject	Technology
dc.subject	T
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
dc.subject	TA1-2040
dc.subject	Technology
dc.subject	T
dc.title	Learning Engineering Knowledge and Creativity by Solving Projects
dc.type	article