Creativity Development for Engineering Students: Cases of Problem and Project Based Learning

Chunfang Zhou; Jette Egelund Holgaard; Anette Kolmos; Jens Frederik Dalsgaard Nielsen

Creativity Development for Engineering Students: Cases of Problem and Project Based Learning

Chunfang Zhou, Jette Egelund Holgaard, Anette Kolmos, Jens Frederik Dalsgaard Nielsen

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Abstract

In this paper we outline two approaches to enhance creative skills in a PBL environment at Aalborg University, Denmark. The two strategies are respectively characterized by 1) integrating creativity training into curriculum and 2) introducing real life engineering projects for students. Two cases are presented to examine and discuss the implications of the two pedagogical strategies for the ways students characterize and practice creativity. The conclusion is that both strategies cultivate students’ creativity; but in different ways. This calls for a variation of pedagogical strategies aligned with the particular educational context.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Joint International IGIP-SEFI Annual Conference 2010
Number of pages	8
Publisher	European Society for Engineering Education
Publication date	Sept 2010
ISBN (Print)	978-2-87352-003-8
Publication status	Published - Sept 2010
Event	Joint International IGIP-SEFI Annual Conference 2010, Diversity unifies-Diversity in Engineering Education - Trnava, Slovakia Duration: 19 Sept 2010 → 22 Sept 2010 http://www.sefi.be/?page_id=24

Conference

Conference	Joint International IGIP-SEFI Annual Conference 2010, Diversity unifies-Diversity in Engineering Education
Country/Territory	Slovakia
City	Trnava
Period	19/09/2010 → 22/09/2010
Internet address	http://www.sefi.be/?page_id=24

Keywords

Creativity
Problem and Project Based Learning
Engineering Education

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Group Creativity in Engineering Education in a Problem and Project-Based Learning Environment
Zhou, C.
01/12/2008 → 30/11/2012
Project: Research

Creativity Development for Engineering Students: Cases of Problem and Project Based Learning
Chunfang Zhou (Speaker)
19 Sept 2010 → 22 Sept 2010
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Zhou, C, Holgaard, JE , Kolmos, A & Nielsen, JFD 2010, Creativity Development for Engineering Students: Cases of Problem and Project Based Learning. in Proceedings of the Joint International IGIP-SEFI Annual Conference 2010. European Society for Engineering Education, Joint International IGIP-SEFI Annual Conference 2010, Diversity unifies-Diversity in Engineering Education, Trnava, Slovakia, 19/09/2010.

Creativity Development for Engineering Students: Cases of Problem and Project Based Learning. / Zhou, Chunfang; Holgaard, Jette Egelund ; Kolmos, Anette et al.
Proceedings of the Joint International IGIP-SEFI Annual Conference 2010. European Society for Engineering Education, 2010.

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