TY - GEN
T1 - Introduction of construction experience to the classroom
T2 - 2nd International Symposium on Emerging Technologies for Education, SETE 2017, held in Conjunction with the 16th International Conference on Web-based learning, ICWL 2017
AU - John, Aliu
AU - Clinton, Aigbavboa
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The present day construction industry is characterized by a wide range of factors influencing it. Factors such as globalization, technological innovations, client base and expectations, increased project based work, amongst others have led to the increased need for higher education to improve their curriculum to adequately prepare graduates to meet the needs of the 21st century construction industry. Construction experiences are known to expose students to various convolutions of construction regarding its challenges, dynamics and limitations. This paper identifies the various approaches of introducing construction experiences into the lecture room in a bid to improve the level of construction pedagogy delivered to future construction professionals. An extant review of literatures was conducted from databases such as Taylor and Francis online, Springer, Emerald, Scopus, ASC conference proceedings amongst others. One of the primary finding stemming from the study revealed that construction site visits/field trips, hosting of guest speakers from the construction industry to deliver lectures and role-playing teaching are some of the key approaches by which HEI’s curricula could be improved with construction experiences. Hence, the findings of this paper provides a basis for integrating more construction experiences into HEI curricula to better equip the future employees of the construction industry.
AB - The present day construction industry is characterized by a wide range of factors influencing it. Factors such as globalization, technological innovations, client base and expectations, increased project based work, amongst others have led to the increased need for higher education to improve their curriculum to adequately prepare graduates to meet the needs of the 21st century construction industry. Construction experiences are known to expose students to various convolutions of construction regarding its challenges, dynamics and limitations. This paper identifies the various approaches of introducing construction experiences into the lecture room in a bid to improve the level of construction pedagogy delivered to future construction professionals. An extant review of literatures was conducted from databases such as Taylor and Francis online, Springer, Emerald, Scopus, ASC conference proceedings amongst others. One of the primary finding stemming from the study revealed that construction site visits/field trips, hosting of guest speakers from the construction industry to deliver lectures and role-playing teaching are some of the key approaches by which HEI’s curricula could be improved with construction experiences. Hence, the findings of this paper provides a basis for integrating more construction experiences into HEI curricula to better equip the future employees of the construction industry.
KW - Construction education
KW - Construction experience
KW - Construction industry
KW - Employability skills
KW - Higher education institutions
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85041440244&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-71084-6_32
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-71084-6_32
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85041440244
SN - 9783319710839
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 284
EP - 294
BT - Emerging Technologies for Education - 2nd International Symposium, SETE 2017, Held in Conjunction with ICWL 2017, Revised Selected Papers
A2 - Huang, Tien-Chi
A2 - Lau, Rynson
A2 - Huang, Yueh-Min
A2 - Spaniol, Marc
A2 - Yuen, Chun-Hung
PB - Springer Verlag
Y2 - 20 September 2017 through 22 September 2017
ER -
