Learning for Ill-Structured Problems in Engineering Education
Keywords:
Ill-structured problems, perspectives on understanding and learning, constructive alignment, supportAbstract
An important goal of the engineering educationsis to prepare the students to deal with complex and illstructured
problems. The term ill-structured refers to
problems without conclusive or unambiguously defined
solutions. This view on problems is related to the concept of
constructive alignment and to an educational model called 6
languages for knowledge and learning that describe 6
increasingly complex perspectives, where the shift from the 3rd
to the 4th perspective illustrates a shift from promoting wellstructured
and an instrumental view on learning to
emphasizing ill-structured problems and a focus on the process
in which the learner constructs knowledge. The model was
used as a scaffold for constructing the course syllabus and
learning outcomes for the teachers and for the students. The
part of the course that could be framed as an ill-structured
problem was the assignment. The process of engaging in the
assignment was supported by a guide for teaching critical
thinking.
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2016-08-30
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