Towards characterising design-based learning in engineering education: a review of the literature |
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Authors: | S M Gómez Puente M van Eijck W Jochems |
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Institution: | Eindhoven University of Technology , Den Dolech 2, Eindhoven, 5600, MB, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | Design-based learning is a teaching approach akin to problem-based learning but one to which the design of artefacts, systems and solutions in project-based settings is central. Although design-based learning has been employed in the practice of higher engineering education, it has hardly been theorised at this educational level. The aim of this study is to characterise design-based learning from existing empirical research literature on engineering education. Drawing on a perspective that accounts for domain-specific, idiosyncratic and learner-centred aspects of design problems in the context of engineering education, 50 empirical studies on project-based and problem-based engineering education, to which the design of artefacts is central, were reviewed. Based on the findings, design-based learning is characterised with regard to domain-specificity, learner expertise and task authenticity. The implications of this study for the practice of engineering education are discussed. |
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Keywords: | design-based learning problem-based learning project-based learning design tasks |
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