Transcript Multidisciplinary projects as learning tool for
Duurzame Chemie
Multidisciplinary projects as learning tool for sustainable approaches
Experience and some critical assessment L.M.F. Dejong
Hogeschool Brabant CIRRUS
project duurzame technologie van de Faculteit Techniek en Natuur
Multidisciplinary projects
Students in any (technical) discipline have to learn: • To understand each other’s language • To start thinking in systems • To dedicate their specialism to a system approach
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Sustainable development
The “CIRRUS” approach: an integrated focus on sustainability in all the study programmes, by integrating Knowledge Insight Competences In different subjects, courses and projects.
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Main aspects, creating an awareness of sustainability A vision on sustainability Learning a systems approach 3
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Multidisciplinary projects
Objectives multidisciplinay projects program: • To gain experience • To develop an integrated course • To develop a protocol for MD-projects Important problem definition • Students from various disciplines truly cooperate ?
• MD-collaboration sustainable solutions?
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Practical approach
Directly at the start of CIRRUS project, the “ENO” MD-project was carried out The results of that “ENO” MD-project formed input for a protocol The protocol was used in three further projects.
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Protocol
Intake phase Assessment project subject Allocation people & resources + acceptance Execution phase Orientation / problem definition Analysis / design Implementation Evaluation / finalising
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Projects / learning experience
“Eno” project To assess the need of information on sustainable energy options Major experiences MD-project Duration Level participants equal Amount of time available Cohesion of the group (Belbin / Tuckman) Interactivity project <=> project group Relation external party
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Projects / learning experience
“De Pettena” project To improve the energy economy of a home for the elderly Project result: very successful Major experiences MD-project: Protocol worked well.
Coaching of teambuilding, in particular cooperation of students, is too hard for supervisors in the field.
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Projects / learning experience
“De Pettena” project To improve the energy economy of a home for the elderly Project result: very successful Major experiences MD-project: Protocol worked well.
Coaching of teambuilding, in particular cooperation of students, is too hard for supervisors in the field.
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Projects / learning experience
“Xerox” project Design a process to reuse parts of a new generation copiers Partly successful Major experiences MD-project The willingness and ability to collaborate.
The level of the students Large projects, hard to demarcate in time
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Observations, conclusions and
• Student
recommendations (1)
Recruitment of students is hard “Equivalence” requires special attention Groupforming process needs attention • Organisation Bringing in line of department programmes remains a problem
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Observations, conclusions and recommendations (2)
External parties Too high hopes Impact of supervision MD projects too much Inexpierence of external supervisors with tackling problems in teamwork Protocol Tuning with regard to the planning of the study programmes Teambuilding in house Proposals MD-projects planned in earlier stage of the studies
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Summary
Pro
MD projects enriches the student’s learning process
Companies were quite taken with such projects Students must become better in their own field Neutral Teambuilding within the Faculty
Contra
Students are tired of being leveled down
The programming of the different studies differs too much Acquisition of external MD assignments is hard.
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