Conference paper
Design, construction and investigation of an earth retaining structure – a foundation for active learning
Proceedings of the 27th Australasian Association for Engineering Education Conference, pp.545-551
Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE) Conference: The Changing Role of the Engineering Educator for developing the future engineer, 27th (Coffs Harbour, Australia, 04-Dec-2016–07-Dec-2016)
Southern Cross University
2016
Abstract
An increasingly evident tenet in engineering education, particularly in geo-engineering is that engineering students must be equipped to 'do' (Atkinson, 2012). How do we train them to 'do'? By doing. Bloom et al. (1971) and more recently others (Biggs and Tang (2007), Jaksa (2012) etc.) have further evidenced the positive impact that active learning or 'doing' can have on student outcomes. This paper presents an undergraduate engineering initiative at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, where 3rd year geotechnical engineering students 'did' a semester long project that incorporated the design, construction, testing and analysis of a campus-sited earth retaining structure.
Details
- Title
- Design, construction and investigation of an earth retaining structure – a foundation for active learning
- Authors
- Adrian B McCallum (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringMark Porter (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringHelen Fairweather (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
- Publication details
- Proceedings of the 27th Australasian Association for Engineering Education Conference, pp.545-551
- Conference details
- Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE) Conference: The Changing Role of the Engineering Educator for developing the future engineer, 27th (Coffs Harbour, Australia, 04-Dec-2016–07-Dec-2016)
- Publisher
- Southern Cross University
- Date published
- 2016
- ISBN
- 9780994152039
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2016 The Authors. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99451194902621
- Output Type
- Conference paper
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