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Enhancing Engineering Education Learning Outcomes Using Project-Based Learning: A Case Study

Enhancing Engineering Education Learning Outcomes Using Project-Based Learning: A Case Study

Mousumi Debnath, Mukeshwar Pandey
Copyright: © 2011 |Volume: 1 |Issue: 2 |Pages: 12
ISSN: 2155-496X|EISSN: 2155-4978|EISBN13: 9781613508947|DOI: 10.4018/ijqaete.2011070103
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Debnath, Mousumi, and Mukeshwar Pandey. "Enhancing Engineering Education Learning Outcomes Using Project-Based Learning: A Case Study." IJQAETE vol.1, no.2 2011: pp.23-34. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijqaete.2011070103

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Debnath, M. & Pandey, M. (2011). Enhancing Engineering Education Learning Outcomes Using Project-Based Learning: A Case Study. International Journal of Quality Assurance in Engineering and Technology Education (IJQAETE), 1(2), 23-34. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijqaete.2011070103

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Debnath, Mousumi, and Mukeshwar Pandey. "Enhancing Engineering Education Learning Outcomes Using Project-Based Learning: A Case Study," International Journal of Quality Assurance in Engineering and Technology Education (IJQAETE) 1, no.2: 23-34. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijqaete.2011070103

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Abstract

This paper presents a case study of how project-based learning (PBL) can be seen as a pedagogical innovation for Jaipur Engineering College and Research Centre, Jaipur, India (JECRC) for better recruitment drives for on-campus recruitments. The practical knowledge of engineering, basic knowledge of engineering design, soft skills or personal competences can be correlated with the academic performance and recruitment status. Project based learning (PBL) is a learner-centric pedagogy where the learner is expected to take responsibility for his or her own learning. PBL uses in-depth and rigorous classroom projects to facilitate learning and assess student competence. Students have projects as a compulsory course in their curriculum in the final semester of engineering. The challenge to acquire knowledge and skills during their project gives a student an opportunity to develop their weaker skills and enhance their practical knowledge of engineering. This study has been successful in helping students acquire a high rate of actual skill and technical learning. The learning outcomes of the PBL-course can be correlated with their success in recruitment and academic performances.

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