Incorporation of Practice Based Approach into Engineering Education at Master Level: Analysis of Needs of Teaching staff at Cape Peninsula University of Technology within PEESA III Project

Gruenwald Norbert (), Staak Anthony (), Bosman Stephen (), Ndihokubwayo Ruben (), Zaščerinska Jeļena () and Ahrens Andreas ()
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Gruenwald Norbert: Hochschule Wismar, Germany
Staak Anthony: Cape Peninsula University of Technology,South Africa
Bosman Stephen: Cape Peninsula University of Technology,South Africa
Ndihokubwayo Ruben: Cape Peninsula University of Technology,South Africa
Zaščerinska Jeļena: Centre for Education and Innovation Research,Riga, Latvia
Ahrens Andreas: Hochschule Wismar, Germany

Balkan Region Conference on Engineering and Business Education, 2019, vol. 1, issue 1, 180-188

Abstract: Company’s work, growth and development are facilitated by the synergy between employee education and working. However, fresh employees who recently graduated from higher education institutions are often mismatched to their jobs due to their imbalances between skills offered or, in other words, education, and skills needed or, in other words, practice in the world of work. For bridging the gap between graduates’ skills and company’s needs, technical universities traditionally devote much time to students’ practical training. The aim of the present paper is to analyse scientific literature on practice based approach underpinning empirical study of needs of teaching staff within PEESA III Project for incorporation of practice based approach into engineering education at master level in South Africa. The data was collected through focus group interview at Cape Peninsula University of Technology in May 2019. The findings of the present research are that university teachers’ experience in practice based approach at universities in South Africa has to be enriched. The following research question has been formulated: How to organize a teacher professional development within teacher training for effective incorporation of practice based approach into engineering education at master level in South Africa? Directions of further research are formulated.

Keywords: Definition; engineering education at master level; practice based approach; teaching staff needs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.2478/cplbu-2020-0021

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